Comments on: Osan Base Employees Complain They Were Beaten

By: Osan Officials Deny Abuse Claims of Base Workers

Osan Officials Deny Abuse Claims of Base Workers — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:19:42 +0000

[...] Like I said before, I was going to wait until USFK provided the other side of the story before commenting on the allegations from two Osan AB employees that they were abused by two Air Force security personnel. Sure enough the other side of the story was far different from the one presented by the two employees and Oh My News: [...]

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:51:00 +0000

Chopsticks, that is probably what happened that these two were wandering around an area they shouldn’t have been and were arrested and cuffed. However, as we have seen with the 2000 Water Dumping Scandal if a Korean employee has an axe to grind they turn to the Korean internet sites to manufacture a narrative of big, bad USFK in order to get back at someone.

By: Chopsticks

Chopsticks — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:03:19 +0000

FYI, the Black Cat squadron is the nick name of the 5th Recon Squadron at Osan Air Base. The squadron flies the U2 spy plane. Anything that involves the U2 means top secret missions and high security. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’re walking near the aircraft without proper authorization, prepare to be cuffed and interrogated.