US Marine drill instructor orders Muslim recruit in clothes dryer

September 14, 2016 17:21

A Muslim Marine said he was called a terrorist and ordered into an industrial clothes dryer multiple times by a drill instructor who then turned it on, burning him, according to investigative documents that provide new details about the alleged abuse of recruits at the services training center at Parris Island.

Youre going to kill us all the first chance you get arent you, terrorist? the drill instructor thundered at the recruit, the new Marine later alleged, according to the documents that have not been released publicly but were reviewed by The Washington Post. What are your plans? Arent you a terrorist?

The issue of hazing and abuse at Parris Island surfaced March 18, when a 20-year-old recruit with Pakistani roots --Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Michigan. -- died after leaping from a stairwell landing that was nearly 40 feet high while running away from the same drill instructor who used the dryer. The instructor had just slapped Siddiqui before he jumped. Siddiquis death drew public scrutiny to a culture of harsh punishments at Parris Island -- one that Marine officials were already examining, the documents show.

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