The military has seized a collection of dozens of photographs related to the criminal killings of Afghan civilians by a number of US soldiers, but are trying to keep the photographs secret, withholding them even from the soldiers’ legal defense teams for fears of their publication.
The photos are being described as “grisly” by those familiar with them, and military spokeswoman Maj. Kathleen Turner says the images are “highly sensitive.” The photos are said to show soldiers posing beside recently slain civilians, and mutilated corpses.
The prosecution is arguing that there is a “national security interest” in keeping the photos away from the media, though as they would presumably have to be released if they are used as evidence in open court.
The troops were said to have shared the photos by email and passed them around on thumb drives. It remains entirely possible then that more copies of the photos are out there and may still become public despite efforts to stop them.
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The over 200 slave-owner "Thomas Jefferson" in declaration of independence: "…the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions."…. Talking about Hiroshima, Nagasaki…. Can you imagine with superior weapons, guns, cannons, no internet or reporters around, what the "american" cavalry and "pioneers" have really really done to ethnically cleanse and annihilate hundreds of native nations to steal an entire subcontinent?
The 'big game hunters' gots to pose with their "trophies." So is that what it means to be "Army strong?"
These guys could be pointing their weapons at us if martial law/Pentagon takes power.
They don't need to do that in America, we have the now militarized domestic local police for that.
like kids with BB guns bragging about sparrows they shot. True US heros their parents will be very proud.
Same Old Same Old………with just little addition…this time US is not gonna get away with it.
The rest is your guess what I mean??
I was recently sitting with a nephew, age 10, and noting that one of the things he did on his video game was to mine dead bodies with C4. Here's a little boy who goes to Catholic school, and he is even more innocent than the average 10 year old being rather sheltered. I said to him – "When a soldier kills someone, he should let the family come and take the body away. Isn't that what we would want?" And then my brother (not his father, but an uncle) piped up – "Well this is like Achilles dragging Hector around the walls of Troy. What's wrong with that?" Yes, what is wrong with that? Everything that is wrong with war.
OTOH, it's just a vidya game.
You mean he booby-traps the (representations of) dead bodies? In what game can you do that?
Why these solders, officers are not in international court of justice.. they brought the solders and officers in Balkan war and proscuted them in Holland.., war crime is war crime.
Anyone asked on 4chan's /k/ yet?
There is stuff like that floating around from time to time.