The Story

One soldier looks to the camera and describes how he hates Somalis because they're "slobs and they stink." Another swings a long pole like a baseball bat and says he uses it for smashing arms and legs. It goes on and on, a disturbing display of candid racism and cruel brutality. Up until now, the deaths in the Somalia affair have been explained as the work of a few bad apples. But home videos, shown in this CBC Television report, indicate that prejudice was widespread and highly dangerous.