Soldiers killed Afgahn civilians for Sport ..
What is happening to people?
A dozen US soldiers are facing trail accused of being part of a 'kill team' that allegedly killed Afghan civilians in an arbitrary fashion - and they even collected their victims' fingers as trophies of war.
Five soldiers have been charged with the killing three Afghan men 'for sport'. And seven more are accused of covering up the murders.
In one of the most serious accusations of war crimes to come out of the Afghan war, the deaths are alleged to have been carried out by members of a Stryker infantry brigade based in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan.
But the father of one of the five accused of murder said today he tried to warn the Army that troops in his son's unit had killed civilians.
Christopher Winfield said his son Adam, 22, was so disgusted after the first killing that he sent Facebook messages home asking for help.
Winfield called the Army and a military hot line asking officials to investigate - to no avail.
The new details about Winfield's efforts to alert the Army and his son's pleas raised questions about the Army's handling of the case and its system for allowing soldiers to report misconduct by their colleagues.
The soldiers have been accused of conspiracy and premeditated murder.
The highest ranking of them is Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, who, with Cpl. Jeremy Morlock, are accused of taking part in all three killings.
Pte Andrew Holmes is charged with murder in the first killing, and Specialist Michael Wagnon is charged in another. Both deny the charges.
The killings came to light when a soldier who had reported the drug use told investigators that Morlock 'had three prior kills that none of which I believe were actually justified.'
Preliminary hearings in the case are expected to begin this autumn.
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oops my bad sorry, i didn't read carefully
are they the same people who were collecting fingers as prices??
i read about story couple of days back
i'm wondering also , only three villager civilians ...
i know from now what is the judgment of the court , they r crazy and they will send them to the Psychiatric hospital for few monthes then they ll let them go and they ll start to talk about thier achievments in killing the civilians
Power corrupts..
having power of life and death over people can turn the heads of many. If the allegations are true, then I hope that they will be found guilty and given stiff sentences.
Compensation should also be paid to the victims.
Hope they get what they deserve.
what a joke
all the fuss for only killing three civilians?
Invaders never bring happiness, comfort and harmony.
barbarians....
What a bunch of demons..Hope and pray justice is served and they get what they deserve! Such evil doers bring disrepute to the army and by committing such atrocities and oppressions can increase and strengthen the very terror they are supposed to fight against..Audubillah!
be prosecuted fully.