Indeed. By all accounts he was a good soldier. Hypothetically speaking, even if he did lose the NODs, it was an accident and he would have been able to evolve and move past it. We had a similar incident when I was serving in Kandahar in OEF 11-12. A comrade of ours lost his NODs and our COP was on lockdown as a result. He was punished from it but ended up redeeming himself throughout the rest of the deployment like the good soldier he was. Never impose yourself twice the punishment on one mistake you made. Otherwise, may McClaren RIP.
I suspect he was held responsible for the loss of the night vision equipment and being a brave lad went to recover it. His NCOs and CO have questions to answer.
Weird one, apparently he was walking in the opposite direction from the checkpoint where the goggles were supposed to be. Also, wtf was he doing taking that sort of risk for a pair of goggles, on his own, in bandit country, I dont imagine he was shining a torch all about either. Can only assume he was tired and got confused in the dark and went the wrong way, Taliban watching his FOB mustve spied him leaving, realised he was on his own and pounced in an alleyway or something. Also, its pitch black pretty much (not as if there are streetlights). Unanswered questions for sure, doesnt make sense.
There's more to it than that mate. The lad went out the camp and headed in the wrong direction, when he knew all too well the direction of travel to the check point. Reports of bullying and on top of that he had been seen looking at a map and in tears hours before leaving.
Lloyd Mawson exactly what I thought. Why risk your life for a pair of goggles? Maybe because of the bullying etc. he wanted to prove a point to his troops? Probably thought he’d get stick for it or something? Something fishy about it.
The main unanswered question is: How the hell did a single soldier exit the FOB without anyone noticing and stopping him or at least alerting people that he'd left?
Quite easily. Alot of fobs where not fortified and in them was a small to average collection of men. Of you wanted to leave you could. The issue with this is why this young guy felt the need to.
because they all knew he had left and let him go..........he was either bullied into going or had been bullied to the point where he just wanted to escape. the infantry is full of bullies and it begins at catterick
@@hazelife7366 sadly mate that is the truth. The whole 'help for heroes' mantra peddled by the government and media portrays the idea that the army is full of brave, courageous soldiers.....when it is just one huge popularity contest like anything else and if you don't fit in you're treated differently. The infantry is renowned for it.
@anonz403x because im sure if he captured a teen mujahadeen he wouldve tortured him to death right? jackass, kid just wanted to serve his nation, maybe there was no good opportunities in his town and he couldve gotten college. you really think he knows the geopolitical situation, or morals or lack of in the region over a course of time that exceeds his life.
by tell your colonial government, if this soldier didn't participate in this criminal war, he would not have been in this situation. Or would you like it if the Afghan people invad your country?
@@paulprice929 something isn't right, and I don't want to speculate, but his colleagues who appeared in court: did not look like men who were mourning a friend/colleague. They had the look off men, who where sticking to their story?
I agree with you to an extent , but this is not a joiner on a construction site losing a drill or a screwdriver , its very serious losing kit on ops ,as that bit of kit can either then be used against you or get booby trapped and possibly kill another soldier if they pick it up .Back in my day you would have got a few punches then put on a charge . You had to realise the seriousness of your mistakes , so you didnt do it again , and it worked .It might sound harsh but mistakes cost lives , so a cuddle and saying forget about it just wouldnt work , saying that if he was visibly mentally unstable , he should have been taken off ops for a psych assessment .R.I.P. young man !🇬🇧
@@cabbagetv2883 were you ever on ops you never let anyone go outside the compound on there own ever he was bullied to go out and retrieve his nvgs and its been covered up
@@Hainesi This video has been publicly available here since December 2011, there were reports on the news at the time and I remember the story and the details about the soldier's death and the missing night vision goggles. It can't be both covered up and published here at the same time!
Hey F1 I will never forget our drinking sessions in Germany, the laughs we all had together. The session we had before we deployed. When we found out you were missing we hoped that you would be found safe we knew in our harts and minds that it was not going to be a good outcome. We miss you brother forever and always. So much has happened since you left us so many life's distraught by your passing. We love and miss you. Keep a space for us all when we meet again. We who came home and carried on with our life's knowing we will never hear or see you again have struggled but we get by. Most of us now have children and our children have been told about you. We will never forget you scotty. We love and miss you dearly keep watching over your mum dad brother and sister they miss you very much. Sleep easy brother gone but never forgotten xxxxxx
This is the direct fault of the MoD! He probably left his post fearing if he didn't reclaim the kit he misplaced he would be held to financial account for the missing kit! I know due to being called; up I clearly remember at mobilisation having to take out an insurance policy for losing or damaging MoD property in war!! Absolutely shameful and displicable!!
The action form to recover monies for loss of MOD equipment was known as the P1954, the age of the form (1954) process giving away the archaic nature of MOD (Army) process.
Just says everything about the chain of command. The poor lad felt he had to go and recover the night sight and risk meeting the enemy than telling his boss he lost it.
Just found this video after years and the comment, I was in 4 Scots years after this happened, I’ve heard stories he was bullied quite bad so it’s no surprise he felt the need to do this, it’s a shame
@Joe Atkins british troops did invade afghanistan. All of nato did. The taliban were the goverment of afghanistan.But then america replaced it with a corrupt puppet goverment. This goverment only follows commands of america. And the nato countries must serve americas political intrests because the nato countries are americas slaves.
I didn't know that other British troops were captured and tortured by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Do you mean any of the 3 other times that British troops have fought in Afghanistan over the last 150 years or during operation Herrick?
@@zach-m6894 I didn't say I am even thinking about avenging someone's death, my comment was about the fact that I didn't know other Scottish or British soldiers had been killed in the same circumstances, that is why I asked the question about which particular war the original post was about.
@@mrobserver474 you live in la la land Geneva convention isn't worth the piece of paper it's written on as we've seen in any war ,war is brutal always has been look up what the Taliban did to Russian soldiers and vice versa
Being allowed to leave a CP in an area where the Taliban were very active, by himself and at 2am is something that doesn't make sense. It seems like he was more scared about what his superiors would do when he couldn't account for the night vision equipment, than he was about the chances of getting captured and tortured by the Taliban (who were notoriously brutal and cruel towards prisoners of war, especially if they were infidels). I hope he didn't suffer for long and that lessons can be learnt from this situation.
The Taliban weren't notoriously brutal to prisoners, actually during the original invasion of Afghanistan many FOBs were lost and several servicemen captured (I was an M1A1 Gunner during the invasion), most were returned unharmed and in a satisfactory mental state, some were roughened up a bit, very few were interrogated and even less executed.
@@120mmsmoothbore2 Rudyard Kipling wrote many poems about the British troops in the North West Frontier and the British military interventions in the 1830's/1840's and the 1870's/1880's, and it seems like they were prepared to kill themselves on the battlefield instead of being captured by the Afghan regular troops and the Ghazis and the local people. The Soviets in the 1980's also feared being captured by the Mujahedeen but I have also heard that the Afghan traditions is that outsiders are well treated and looked after but obviously a foreign civilian is very different from a foreign soldier.
@@simonyip5978 Well yeah a lot og people were scared of the Mujahedeen, especially the Soviets since they were carpet bombing cities and striking small towns with artillery. I don't consider myself a very violent person but if someone invaded Ireland and did that I wouldn't exactly be kind to any prisoners or sympathisers, I don't think anyone would be. I don't think soldiers have the right to complain about being treated unfairly by enemy soldiers when they're fighting in their country for their resources, honestly, it's a bit hypocritical.
@@kamanashiskar9203 That's wrong and often misattributed to the USA.( the intention was it be used to fund anti-soviet rebels) The CIA gave money and weapons to the Pakistan intelligence service the ISI. Who used it to destabilize Afghanistan as Afghanistan was close to India and the soviet union. So Pakistan funnels the money and weapons to the most militant backward POS they can. Which ties up Afghanistan. Obviously, it boils over. Now Pakistan is dealing with the consequences. which is terrorist in their borders, Allys not trusting them or flat out abandoning them.(USA is moving away from Pakistan towards India as an ally in the region. which is a better pick cause India despite its problems is a democracy and believes in human rights.
@@ethanmitchinson7861 Pakistan has no problem with the taliban as they are not a terrorist organistation. They fight in their own lands, in which they have lived for thousands of years. Against the strongest military in the world which wants a puppet afghanistan that will give its minerals to america. The afghan taliban didnt do one attack outside of afghanistan. The taliban asked america for proof that osama bin laden was behind 9/11 , but america chose to invade. Now, 20 years later, hundreds of thousands dead, vililages destroyed etc. The taliban are standing stronger than ever with more support than ever. These reports just show how unorganized everything was. A solider leaving his fob alone. This sounds fishy. Maybe he wanted to say something but got silenced. Similar to the austrlaian whistleblower who uncovered the warcrimes of australian SF in afghanistan. This poor guy thought he would serve his country but he only served the political agenda of some powerful people in this world
Having served in the infantry I know categorically he would've been held responsible.. and definitely went off to find them. His nco and co are to blame and should be held accountable
@@gabrielguerrero3404 then don't blame his being killed on his not being smart.......the poor kid was very likely sent to his death by his nonchalant NCO's
He was held responsible for his HMNVS going missing. He was bullied consistently by his chain of command. His family will never know what happened truly happened to him but it was brutal and savage beyond measure.
I personally knew a Syrian guy who left Syria with nothing and was let in and settled into the UK with a house and even a car to travel to the local UK mosjid daily. He arrogantly without fear vocally supported the Taliban and other such group, even after getting all these UK benefits.
I don't know how it works in the UK, but here in the states vocally supporting the Taliban will get you on many lists you don't want to be on. Get his info and contact the appropriate authorities.
Rest In Peace brother. This Canadian vet will remember you. Duty done, your rest has been earned. We tried to keep the savages away but others have invited them in. Those who remain have heard the duty call once again. Till Valhalla. Chill the beer. We may be joining you soon.
I remember being out there and hearing about this poor lad, I can imagine how he felt losing that expensive piece of equipment and, messing up, he just wanted to keep his multiple happy by finding the the night vision goggles and returning back to his CP without no one knowing. It sometimes felt like you could wander about out there without protection, after 3/4 months patrolling the same area it becomes sorta homely it’s hard to keep fully focused and not let your guard down. They seen him alone and had no issues in capturing, mutilating and then killing this 20 year lad, it was probably a local that tipped the Taliban off for payment. I remember hearing the disturbing torture they put him through it made our belly’s turn and hearts sink, things I can’t speak of outta respect for him and his family poor lad and poor family. Can’t trust anyone out there but your brothers and sisters in arms. Gone but not forgotten RIP fellow Desert Rat.
@@finnmacnamara4547 what was the reality of what happened to him? Was he dismembered? From what I have read the official line have downplayed it somewhat in the reports in comparison to some blokes on the ground at that point in time.
No words of comfort The last moments must have been horrendous Let alone the build up to it by the captors who enjoyed every minute as if it was there prize Makes me angry As we was put there to protect and win hearts and minds With all the dam modern equipment we had We failed as did in the last hundred years So long son Gone but not forgotten As your name will live amongst us forevermore scotty Sleep well son Cpl kola Retired Royal engineers
He would have been pressured to find them I'm sure cause the NVG they are talking about cost 3,000 a piece and im sure that made him go out of his way to find them, pore guy, you will be missed.
A us Marine rescue team was supposed to be dispatched to save the young man the team then decided that it was a suicide mission and called off the rescue
Not only did he fight for Scotland, he fought for everyone In England, from the bottom of my heart I thank you, I hope you find peace in the place you are now. May God rest you soul, we shall not forget your sacrifice and all you stood for. Thank you.
@@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1 no he fought for the UK the UK are aligned with the US if the UK has an interest in Afghanistan the US also has an interest in Afghanistan and vice versa
I don't hear the human rights lawyers standing up in defence for this young soldier who was tortured by the terrorists and screaming at them saying the Geneva Convention laws. No they would much prefer to take British soldiers to court 😡
Even if you are a soldier of an invading force in another country their should be a code between soldiers that doesnt involve torture a soldier if he meets his death deserves a quick and clean one. R.I.P young man .
From the Wikipedia page: “The family claim that McLaren was subject to abuse and bullying for being quiet, shy and an outsider. When he left the base in July 2011, he packed all his possessions into his kit bag and "snuck past" the guards. Hours before he left, he had been seen in tears studying a map of the district. The family also said that his military friends have told them that he was being bullied.” So he was possibly running away or something? RIP to this young lad, his squad swaggering into the courthouse look like a bunch of muppets
Really back that if you put that much pressure and fear into your troops regarding loss of equipment that they do this. Bad section and platoon leaders.
I couldnt help it i had to stand at attion dosent matter what uniform you ware what matters is how you serve no one deserves to be beaten evean when you think its justified its not
Rest in Peace, Highlander Scott McLaren. The behavior of the Taliban in committing this sad war crime highlights their cruelty, lack of respect and lack of dignity comes as no surprise. Scott was a young lad at the prime of his life. The Taliban have young men too. They made no allowance for any of this when they showed no mercy to this young lad.
I live in Wales...I have never heard of this tragedy, my thoughts are wih the lads family. I cannot stress how much I feel he was pressed/stressed into finding some "lost" kit. night vision £15 ...a young mans life?
What a terrible loss of a young man may he rest in peace
@@Arsinoe22 😂
@@Arsinoe22 😂 lmfao
He took the pound therefore he took the chance of being killed
@@bigbaddog nobody is Denying that, he is still a brave hero
@John Gibbons Disgusting comment. Show some decency.
Did anyone else just get this recommended?
Yes
Sadly yes. Best regards from me, an American.
@@vexus6444 🇬🇧🇺🇸💪
Yep
Yeah me to
Not losing kit is important - but not as important as staying alive
I remember when that happened, we were living in a VSO site close by and we set up a bunch of checkpoints to search vehicles for him.
Yeah that's not a bit of kit you want to let the enemy have is it... 😓 Poor bloke...
@@bubblezovlove7213 well according to America's pullout lol......
Indeed. By all accounts he was a good soldier. Hypothetically speaking, even if he did lose the NODs, it was an accident and he would have been able to evolve and move past it. We had a similar incident when I was serving in Kandahar in OEF 11-12. A comrade of ours lost his NODs and our COP was on lockdown as a result. He was punished from it but ended up redeeming himself throughout the rest of the deployment like the good soldier he was. Never impose yourself twice the punishment on one mistake you made. Otherwise, may McClaren RIP.
I suspect he was held responsible for the loss of the night vision equipment and being a brave lad went to recover it. His NCOs and CO have questions to answer.
Spot on
Weird one, apparently he was walking in the opposite direction from the checkpoint where the goggles were supposed to be. Also, wtf was he doing taking that sort of risk for a pair of goggles, on his own, in bandit country, I dont imagine he was shining a torch all about either.
Can only assume he was tired and got confused in the dark and went the wrong way, Taliban watching his FOB mustve spied him leaving, realised he was on his own and pounced in an alleyway or something. Also, its pitch black pretty much (not as if there are streetlights).
Unanswered questions for sure, doesnt make sense.
There's more to it than that mate. The lad went out the camp and headed in the wrong direction, when he knew all too well the direction of travel to the check point. Reports of bullying and on top of that he had been seen looking at a map and in tears hours before leaving.
Lloyd Mawson exactly what I thought. Why risk your life for a pair of goggles? Maybe because of the bullying etc. he wanted to prove a point to his troops? Probably thought he’d get stick for it or something? Something fishy about it.
@@lukerogers1402 This has happened before so it is possible
Terrible. RIP young lad.
Says the guy with a Nazi in his profile pic
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@@lukeferguson5406 What's wrong with that?
@@jebbus8387 😳
@@sb4971 What?
The main unanswered question is: How the hell did a single soldier exit the FOB without anyone noticing and stopping him or at least alerting people that he'd left?
Quite easily. Alot of fobs where not fortified and in them was a small to average collection of men. Of you wanted to leave you could. The issue with this is why this young guy felt the need to.
All FOBs or PBs have Sangars. Therefore the soldiers on guard should have noticed him leave.
because they all knew he had left and let him go..........he was either bullied into going or had been bullied to the point where he just wanted to escape.
the infantry is full of bullies and it begins at catterick
@@craigward7691 Spot on, too much bullying in the army.
@@hazelife7366 sadly mate that is the truth. The whole 'help for heroes' mantra peddled by the government and media portrays the idea that the army is full of brave, courageous soldiers.....when it is just one huge popularity contest like anything else and if you don't fit in you're treated differently. The infantry is renowned for it.
The men who killed him deserve to rot in hell
no they will rot at the end of a british bayonet
Hopefully they will 😎
@Wayne Abel no, Jihadists will.
They are not men there Isis coward's they fight like all terrorist's behind women and children.
@@elchuzalongo4339 both
he was just a kid, whole life in front of him, for some bs war, sad
@anonz403x because im sure if he captured a teen mujahadeen he wouldve tortured him to death right?
jackass, kid just wanted to serve his nation, maybe there was no good opportunities in his town and he couldve gotten college. you really think he knows the geopolitical situation, or morals or lack of in the region over a course of time that exceeds his life.
When you carry out imperialism you know the risk of a brutal and painful death.
@@devastation5936 name a race that hasn't practiced imperialism in some form at some point in history
@@BOB-wx3fq Not an argument.
And race is irrilevant
by tell your colonial government, if this soldier didn't participate in this criminal war, he would not have been in this situation.
Or would you like it if the Afghan people invad your country?
Just a kid: get the feeling the lad should have been looked after a little better?
I get the feeling the young lad was bullied into going out on his own to retrieve the kit otherwise the would've been stopped
@@paulprice929 something isn't right, and I don't want to speculate, but his colleagues who appeared in court: did not look like men who were mourning a friend/colleague.
They had the look off men, who where sticking to their story?
I agree with you to an extent , but this is not a joiner on a construction site losing a drill or a screwdriver , its very serious losing kit on ops ,as that bit of kit can either then be used against you or get booby trapped and possibly kill another soldier if they pick it up .Back in my day you would have got a few punches then put on a charge . You had to realise the seriousness of your mistakes , so you didnt do it again , and it worked .It might sound harsh but mistakes cost lives , so a cuddle and saying forget about it just wouldnt work , saying that if he was visibly mentally unstable , he should have been taken off ops for a psych assessment .R.I.P. young man !🇬🇧
@@cabbagetv2883 were you ever on ops you never let anyone go outside the compound on there own ever he was bullied to go out and retrieve his nvgs and its been covered up
Never heard of this story and I live in UK. Poor guy RIP
9 years ago
Same, I never saw articles or reports about this back in 2011 but it's only just cropped up now, somewhat disgusted by that to be quite honest
@@geoffwilson3483 same, was %100 swept under the rug. I only see this now, 9 years after..
Same bro. Always hear about how people are getting oppressed etc
@@Hainesi This video has been publicly available here since December 2011, there were reports on the news at the time and I remember the story and the details about the soldier's death and the missing night vision goggles. It can't be both covered up and published here at the same time!
Hey F1 I will never forget our drinking sessions in Germany, the laughs we all had together. The session we had before we deployed. When we found out you were missing we hoped that you would be found safe we knew in our harts and minds that it was not going to be a good outcome. We miss you brother forever and always. So much has happened since you left us so many life's distraught by your passing. We love and miss you. Keep a space for us all when we meet again. We who came home and carried on with our life's knowing we will never hear or see you again have struggled but we get by. Most of us now have children and our children have been told about you. We will never forget you scotty. We love and miss you dearly keep watching over your mum dad brother and sister they miss you very much. Sleep easy brother gone but never forgotten xxxxxx
So who are you then?
Aspire Tenacity Gaming perhaps a friend or loved one you idiot?
He will be watching over you ... and one day you will all meet again 🙏💗
@@aspiretenacitygaming1753????
@@aspiretenacitygaming1753 probably a relative/soldier who knew him.
This is the direct fault of the MoD! He probably left his post fearing if he didn't reclaim the kit he misplaced he would be held to financial account for the missing kit! I know due to being called; up I clearly remember at mobilisation having to take out an insurance policy for losing or damaging MoD property in war!! Absolutely shameful and displicable!!
The action form to recover monies for loss of MOD equipment was known as the P1954, the age of the form (1954) process giving away the archaic nature of MOD (Army) process.
Thanks for making my blood boil... even more.
@TJ Murphy You clearly didn't get past 'this is the direct fault if the MoD' read my post properly before commenting! P.S have you ever served?
@@Ripper36068 he left on his own accord.....
@TJ Murphy Clearly your cognitive rationale isn't working!!🙄🙄🙄
Terrible story. Poor young man. God. Bless him and his family . A great loss.
Wdym a great loss are you nuts??
@@kyeperkins5346great as in heavy, not great as in good.
Just says everything about the chain of command. The poor lad felt he had to go and recover the night sight and risk meeting the enemy than telling his boss he lost it.
Just found this video after years and the comment, I was in 4 Scots years after this happened, I’ve heard stories he was bullied quite bad so it’s no surprise he felt the need to do this, it’s a shame
Now, to get rid of all the taliban living in England...
sorry? is that a xenophobic claim? you invaded Afghanistan and wonder why you have refugees
And while we’re at it, let’s throw out all of the morons like you.
@Joe Atkins british troops did invade afghanistan. All of nato did. The taliban were the goverment of afghanistan.But then america replaced it with a corrupt puppet goverment. This goverment only follows commands of america. And the nato countries must serve americas political intrests because the nato countries are americas slaves.
@may allah give u more virgin good for you🙄👍🏼
@Joe Atkins yes you did. and by "Taliban" i know you mean something different. i dont want any terrorist living in the uk.
Poor lad. Not the first Highlander to be tortured and killed by the Afghans. We will avenge him.
I didn't know that other British troops were captured and tortured by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Do you mean any of the 3 other times that British troops have fought in Afghanistan over the last 150 years or during operation Herrick?
@@simonyip5978 And how exactly do you think you will avenge his death? Have you identified the culprits? Dreamer.....that is all...out.
@@zach-m6894 I didn't say I am even thinking about avenging someone's death, my comment was about the fact that I didn't know other Scottish or British soldiers had been killed in the same circumstances, that is why I asked the question about which particular war the original post was about.
We will avenge him by writing angry letters and not posting them .... I can tell the warrior is strong in you😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@mikelovelock2666 dry your eyes princess
HE was captured BUT he wasn't EXECUTED HE WAS MURDERED
He was not murdered it’s called war that’s what happens it’s just one of them things
@@rico200168 He was a captured combatant and should have been held as a prisoner to be repatriated
@@mrobserver474 yes but rico clearly lacks the basic mental capability to understand that
@@mrobserver474 you live in la la land Geneva convention isn't worth the piece of paper it's written on as we've seen in any war ,war is brutal always has been look up what the Taliban did to Russian soldiers and vice versa
@@bystander1489 That does not excuse it
Being allowed to leave a CP in an area where the Taliban were very active, by himself and at 2am is something that doesn't make sense.
It seems like he was more scared about what his superiors would do when he couldn't account for the night vision equipment, than he was about the chances of getting captured and tortured by the Taliban (who were notoriously brutal and cruel towards prisoners of war, especially if they were infidels).
I hope he didn't suffer for long and that lessons can be learnt from this situation.
The Taliban weren't notoriously brutal to prisoners, actually during the original invasion of Afghanistan many FOBs were lost and several servicemen captured (I was an M1A1 Gunner during the invasion), most were returned unharmed and in a satisfactory mental state, some were roughened up a bit, very few were interrogated and even less executed.
@@120mmsmoothbore2 Rudyard Kipling wrote many poems about the British troops in the North West Frontier and the British military interventions in the 1830's/1840's and the 1870's/1880's, and it seems like they were prepared to kill themselves on the battlefield instead of being captured by the Afghan regular troops and the Ghazis and the local people.
The Soviets in the 1980's also feared being captured by the Mujahedeen but I have also heard that the Afghan traditions is that outsiders are well treated and looked after but obviously a foreign civilian is very different from a foreign soldier.
@@simonyip5978 Well yeah a lot og people were scared of the Mujahedeen, especially the Soviets since they were carpet bombing cities and striking small towns with artillery. I don't consider myself a very violent person but if someone invaded Ireland and did that I wouldn't exactly be kind to any prisoners or sympathisers, I don't think anyone would be.
I don't think soldiers have the right to complain about being treated unfairly by enemy soldiers when they're fighting in their country for their resources, honestly, it's a bit hypocritical.
RIP he did his part in the world and now he can be free
May you rest in peace. Respect from the United States of America.
No terrorist has been found guilty of any crime, where does morality begin?
Are you stupid of course they have. The title terrorist is a crime
This is why I never understood those who condemned Alexander Blackman - fight fire with fire.
War crime is war crime
@@sonsofelshamy3987 Yeah, except no one will be prosecuting your heroic taliban for war crimes, will they.
RIP Highlander McLaren. Rest in Valhalla Brother.
@John Gibbons Disgusting comment you should be ashamed of yourself. Shame on you.
@John Gibbons I have solution for you : GET. OUT. OF. THE. IN. TER. NET.
not forgotten Scott...... you're still here fella... big respect ..
Sad ending for this brave young Highlander soldier we must ALL thank him and all British Forces personel for there amazing service here and overseas.
0:46 chewing gum and swaggering on his way to court. The poor lad had to work with a pack of muppets no doubt.
"hats", they have a lot to answer for.
😁
Guy couldn't even be arsed putting his belt on.
hence why he ended up dead
Young men die, for old men’s wars! Stand easy. RIP
You know, the USA was the one who created the Taliban in the 1970s to fight the USSR. But after 1991, the Taliban went rouge.
@@kamanashiskar9203 That's wrong and often misattributed to the USA.( the intention was it be used to fund anti-soviet rebels) The CIA gave money and weapons to the Pakistan intelligence service the ISI. Who used it to destabilize Afghanistan as Afghanistan was close to India and the soviet union. So Pakistan funnels the money and weapons to the most militant backward POS they can. Which ties up Afghanistan. Obviously, it boils over. Now Pakistan is dealing with the consequences. which is terrorist in their borders, Allys not trusting them or flat out abandoning them.(USA is moving away from Pakistan towards India as an ally in the region. which is a better pick cause India despite its problems is a democracy and believes in human rights.
@@ethanmitchinson7861 Oh, my bad.
@@ethanmitchinson7861 Pakistan has no problem with the taliban as they are not a terrorist organistation. They fight in their own lands, in which they have lived for thousands of years. Against the strongest military in the world which wants a puppet afghanistan that will give its minerals to america. The afghan taliban didnt do one attack outside of afghanistan. The taliban asked america for proof that osama bin laden was behind 9/11 , but america chose to invade. Now, 20 years later, hundreds of thousands dead, vililages destroyed etc. The taliban are standing stronger than ever with more support than ever. These reports just show how unorganized everything was. A solider leaving his fob alone. This sounds fishy. Maybe he wanted to say something but got silenced. Similar to the austrlaian whistleblower who uncovered the warcrimes of australian SF in afghanistan. This poor guy thought he would serve his country but he only served the political agenda of some powerful people in this world
Having served in the infantry I know categorically he would've been held responsible.. and definitely went off to find them. His nco and co are to blame and should be held accountable
I don’t think his superiors would have killed him....not smart from his part
The bullying begins at catterick and only worsens at battalion
@@gabrielguerrero3404 you;ve clearly never served then mate
@@craigward7691 you’re right, smart from my part
@@gabrielguerrero3404 then don't blame his being killed on his not being smart.......the poor kid was very likely sent to his death by his nonchalant NCO's
I remember a friend of mine telling me about this, some years ago, he also served in Afghan. R.I.P Young man.
RIP MATE. THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
Did anyone else just get this randomly popping up in their recommended
Yes all a,bit weird
Yeah never heard of. Before brushed under the carpet.
He was held responsible for his HMNVS going missing. He was bullied consistently by his chain of command.
His family will never know what happened truly happened to him but it was brutal and savage beyond measure.
I personally knew a Syrian guy who left Syria with nothing and was let in and settled into the UK with a house and even a car to travel to the local UK mosjid daily. He arrogantly without fear vocally supported the Taliban and other such group, even after getting all these UK benefits.
I don't know how it works in the UK, but here in the states vocally supporting the Taliban will get you on many lists you don't want to be on. Get his info and contact the appropriate authorities.
I see this, then hear about that marine who got put in prison for executing a taliban fighter. Absurd. RIP soldier, keep marching on up there 🙏
Rest In Peace brother. This Canadian vet will remember you. Duty done, your rest has been earned. We tried to keep the savages away but others have invited them in. Those who remain have heard the duty call once again. Till Valhalla. Chill the beer. We may be joining you soon.
I remember being out there and hearing about this poor lad, I can imagine how he felt losing that expensive piece of equipment and, messing up, he just wanted to keep his multiple happy by finding the the night vision goggles and returning back to his CP without no one knowing. It sometimes felt like you could wander about out there without protection, after 3/4 months patrolling the same area it becomes sorta homely it’s hard to keep fully focused and not let your guard down. They seen him alone and had no issues in capturing, mutilating and then killing this 20 year lad, it was probably a local that tipped the Taliban off for payment. I remember hearing the disturbing torture they put him through it made our belly’s turn and hearts sink, things I can’t speak of outta respect for him and his family poor lad and poor family. Can’t trust anyone out there but your brothers and sisters in arms. Gone but not forgotten RIP fellow Desert Rat.
Was the aftermath of this witnessed by Blackman?
@@skygod1975 no, I believe a multiple from the Rifles found him but I am sure he would have heard about it. Disgusting stuff too.
@@finnmacnamara4547 what was the reality of what happened to him? Was he dismembered? From what I have read the official line have downplayed it somewhat in the reports in comparison to some blokes on the ground at that point in time.
Send the audio please. Thanks in advance
Was almost a decade ago. But rest in peace soldier. Hopefully we got the ones who did it. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧
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@Rice Pudding where are you from ?
@Rice Pudding lol stfu troll. Just because your moms boyfriend doesnt love you doesnt mean its our fault.
@@thomashall6845 hes from his mom's trailer. Oh my bad "modular home".
God bless you
Why did it take so long to realise his dissapearence? The army is backward.
It was a war, loads of things can go wrong especially in a battlefield he could of been lost or someone could of missed role call
This is how the cowards exact their revenge. They hunt in packs. Our regards to the brave soldier and his loved ones. RIP.
No words of comfort
The last moments must have been horrendous
Let alone the build up to it by the captors who enjoyed every minute as if it was there prize
Makes me angry
As we was put there to protect and win hearts and minds
With all the dam modern equipment we had
We failed as did in the last hundred years
So long son
Gone but not forgotten
As your name will live amongst us forevermore scotty
Sleep well son
Cpl kola
Retired
Royal engineers
He would have been pressured to find them I'm sure cause the NVG they are talking about cost 3,000 a piece and im sure that made him go out of his way to find them, pore guy, you will be missed.
"Unlawfully killed"
No one should be lost this young
As a Sapper from the US Army. Rest easy warrior. Regroup with your squad in heaven when its their time.
You didn't serve my country but you served your so you have my respect 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
@Rice Pudding see it as you want I'm not quite sure why I would be begging ?
@Rice Pudding but why they ain't do anything
20 years old his life hadn’t even begun. RIP young man.
Will we demand that the Taliban pay compensation and stand trial in the UK?
Poor thing. Would have been 29 years now. Rest well young soldier.
Another soldier losser. Waste of life
There was no proof the enemy did this to him !
Humm
Fair Winds and Following Seas, Highlander. 🇬🇧🇺🇲
A us Marine rescue team was supposed to be dispatched to save the young man the team then decided that it was a suicide mission and called off the rescue
Poor lad....
Was unlawfully killed ? ?
What would have been lawfully killed
Not only did he fight for Scotland, he fought for everyone In England, from the bottom of my heart I thank you, I hope you find peace in the place you are now. May God rest you soul, we shall not forget your sacrifice and all you stood for. Thank you.
BMA
He fought for the master United States...
@@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1 no he fought for the UK the UK are aligned with the US if the UK has an interest in Afghanistan the US also has an interest in Afghanistan and vice versa
Bro why don't you say he fought for the UK
So young, getting tortured on that age.. It is horrific..
Something dodgy here - look closer to home!
Unlawfully killed.
Wouldn't it have sounded absurd to say Lawfully killed ?
These terms they use.... He was murdered, simple and tells the story.
I'd wager everyone responsible for this on the enemy side is dead. Good riddance and RIP brother.
Yeah and of course that type of thinking will fix everything you idiot
@@bigbaddog That's fine. I'm not trying to fix anything to begin with. I'm posting a comment on UA-cam. Are you here to change the world? 🥱
@@bigbaddog And what're you doing?
@@anti-loganpaul7827 Not making war for silly ass political reasons and not lining the pockets of the rich by doing their bidding
he was alone while he searched the Kit?
Karma
☪️ancer 🗑️
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Rest in peace lad. 🇳🇴🏴
20 years old OMG, RIP
unfortunate. Blame tony blair for his death
Why is this in my recommendations?
UA-cam is weird that way, never the less rest in piece for that guy
@@anti-loganpaul7827 ye RIP
I don't hear the human rights lawyers standing up in defence for this young soldier who was tortured by the terrorists and screaming at them saying the Geneva Convention laws. No they would much prefer to take British soldiers to court 😡
Great news 👏
They kill one of us, we kill 100 of them.
TAKBIR
Even if you are a soldier of an invading force in another country their should be a code between soldiers that doesnt involve torture a soldier if he meets his death deserves a quick and clean one.
R.I.P young man .
Another buried story. I wonder how many more are out there...
You can probably google it. Try “UK death toll in Afghanistan” or “UK casualties in Iraq”
Very sad to lose a young man like that but....he was a soldier and signed up for it.
From the Wikipedia page: “The family claim that McLaren was subject to abuse and bullying for being quiet, shy and an outsider. When he left the base in July 2011, he packed all his possessions into his kit bag and "snuck past" the guards. Hours before he left, he had been seen in tears studying a map of the district. The family also said that his military friends have told them that he was being bullied.” So he was possibly running away or something? RIP to this young lad, his squad swaggering into the courthouse look like a bunch of muppets
No he went out to search for his "missing kit". He had lost it the other day.
Only a wee lad , R I P.
Poor guy. I'm glad our troops are no longer there, i remember hearing every week on the news about guys as young 18 being killed, was horrible.
Brits are still there pal. Op TORAL.
Don't know why this is in my recommendation now but RIP warrior.
fake and gae story, the soldier obvious died of a non combat incident.
RIP Brother
God bless him......CREAG AN TUIRIC
R.I.P TROOPER Thank you for your service
Rip bozo
so sad RIP Scott Mclaren
Really back that if you put that much pressure and fear into your troops regarding loss of equipment that they do this. Bad section and platoon leaders.
Was this reported on main news or would it be racist to report it . We don’t want offend anyone do we 🤬
As the Taliban should
Literally just got recommended this. Did the full story ever come to light?
‘Unlawfully killed’
Yep, as apposed to lawfully killed.
@TJ Murphy are you mad? I wrote "as opposed to lawful killing". That should say to you, that I understand there is unlawful amd lawful killing.
R.I.P you will be remembered and missed
Brilliant.
What is he doing there.
Looking for a quickie with the cross?
20 years old... damn 😔
God bless anyone who fights evil and tresspassers
So how did they torture him? Many say it was horrible but no one says why?!
As a muslim i feel angry taliban exists inshallah the people who killed that solider will get what they desereve
Om Shanti may his soul rest in peace 🙏
This kid was left holding the baby so others could go slack off thats why he was alone and nobody noticed
God bless him, and his family I lost a family member at the dropping well .
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I couldnt help it i had to stand at attion dosent matter what uniform you ware what matters is how you serve no one deserves to be beaten evean when you think its justified its not
Stand down soldier.
And people say the war on terror dosen't exist
Rest in peace Bud.
Rest in Peace, Highlander Scott McLaren. The behavior of the Taliban in committing this sad war crime highlights their cruelty, lack of respect and lack of dignity comes as no surprise. Scott was a young lad at the prime of his life. The Taliban have young men too. They made no allowance for any of this when they showed no mercy to this young lad.
I live in Wales...I have never heard of this tragedy, my thoughts are wih the lads family. I cannot stress how much I feel he was pressed/stressed into finding some "lost" kit. night vision £15 ...a young mans life?