US Army hearing on claim Afghans 'killed for sport'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

US Army hearing on claim Afghans 'killed for sport'
Dan De Luce
September 26, 2010 - 12:39PM

The US Army holds its first hearing Monday in a grisly war crimes case that charges five soldiers with killing Afghan civilians for sport and plotting a cover-up.

Authorities say the troops opened fire on the Afghan civilians in unprovoked assaults over several months in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, with some of the soldiers accused of mutilating corpses and removing bones.

The case carries potentially explosive ramifications for the war effort as US-led forces try to win the trust of local Afghans and push back Taliban insurgents in the pivotal Kandahar battlefield.

Monday's hearing focuses on Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 22, of Wasila, Alaska, who faces charges of premeditated murder in the deaths of three Afghans killed between January and May this year.

Read more: http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-army-hearing-on-claim-afghans-killed-for-sport-20100926-15s0z.html

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Andrew Holmes, Michael Wagnon, Jeremy Morlock and Adam Winfield
are four of the five Stryker soldiers who face murder charges.
Photograph: Public Domain

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Spc. Jeremy Morlock

[Taverner]

1. Specialist Jeremy Morlock, 22, of Wasila, Alaska - someone else lives there, don't they?

Someone I can't put my finger on....I give up

[Judi Lynn]

2. Must be something in the meth. n/t

[flyarm]

3. we all know, they should have never been there to begin with! But i do not say that as an excuse..

there are no excuses..none. Zero, Nada.

So when do we start hearings on those who started the illegal wars of lies? They murdered over a million innocent civilians IN Iraq! And when the war began more than 50% of Iraqi civilians were under the age of 15..how many children did our government kill/murder for lies????????