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US soldiers 'killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 678702:MV8xMjA2NjkwXzE5NjA1MDMwXzFCQkI1RDg1] [quote:Anonymous Coward 1114712] Agreed, one rogue leader in this group stained the military and the men he was charged to lead. It really pisses me off when one guy destroys the reputation of such a great organization. The military goes around the world doing great humanitarian things for all people and then you have this one guy that goes crazy and kills some people. How does someone with that kind of mentality get into a peaceful loving institution like the military? [/quote] http://www.foundingfreedoms.com/pages_05/images/abu_graib/dead-iraqi2.jpg http://msnbcmedia2.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/040520/040520_prison_probe_bcol9a.grid-4x2.jpg http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/lindy2.jpg Shucks, who knows. [/quote]
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Twelve American soldiers face trial over an secret "kill team" that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies.
Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for sport in separate attacks this year. Seven other soldiers are accused of covering up the killings as well as a violent assault on a new recruit who exposed the murders when he reported other abuses, including members of the unit smoking hashish stolen from civilians.
In one of the most serious accusations of war crimes to emerge from the Afghan conflict, the killings are alleged to have been carried out by members of a Stryker infantry brigade based in Kandahar province. According to investigators and legal documents, discussion of killing Afghan civilians began after the arrival of Staff Sergeant Calvin Gibbs at forward operating base Ramrod last November Other soldiers later told the army's criminal investigation command that Gibbs boasted of the things he got away with while serving in Iraq and before long was remarking on how easy it would be to "toss a grenade at someone and kill them".
One soldier said he believed Gibbs was "feeling out the platoon".
According to investigators, Gibbs, 25, shortly afterwards hatched a plan with another soldier, Jeremy Morlock, 22, and other members of the unit to form a "kill team". While on patrol over the following months they allegedly killed at least three Afghan civilians.
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