U.S. soldiers' 'kill team' killed Afghanis, used body parts in poker games: report

[cali]

By Corky Siemaszko
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER



Rogue U.S. soldiers snipped the pinky off an Afghan teen they killed for kicks - and later used it to wage a bet while playing spades, a blockbuster expose reports.

That's one of the shocking stories in a new Rolling Stone magazine expose of an Army "kill team" that targeted innocent Afghan civilians for death.

Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, the squad leader and main target of the Army's ongoing war crimes investigation, allegedly sliced the finger off Gul Mudin - the approximately 15-year-old Afghan that Spc. Jeremy Morlock and Pfc. Andrew Holmes are accused of killing.

"When it came time for their wager, Morlock and Holmes said they would bet a finger," Mark Boal reported MOnday in the magazine. "Then they tossed the finger that Gibbs had sliced from Mudin's body on the card pile."

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2011/03/28/2011-03-28_us_soldiers_kill_team_accused_of_murdering_afghani_civilians_for_sport_report.html#ixzz1HwPXxhcu

[tabatha]

1. And we're supposed to be the best in the world?

[arbusto_baboso]

2. Keep in mind that this shit doesn't happen without officers who tolerate/encourage it.

Low level EMs and NCOs don't do this shit unless they are in an atmosphere that informs them it's okay. Just like Abu Ghraib.

[Upton]

3. Interesting poll question at the link..

If U.S. soldiers are found guilty of participating in a Afghanistan 'kill team' that murdered innocent Afghanis for sport, should they face the death penalty?