As if they were trophies. Just two American soldiers showed their feat of killing children and other innocent civilians in a raid on the Afghan city of Kandahar conducted last year. The German magazine 'Der Spiegel' has brought to light on Monday three snapshots appear where young American soldiers Jeremy Morlock and Andrew Holmes in different photos, holding the head of a small Afghan dead after the attack.
Both are shown smiling as they boast of their role. According to a source in the German magazine, the military lifted the shirt to show small bombs had not adhered to her body. After taking the picture threw a grenade the time when his colleagues opened fire. When they reported the incident to his superiors, the soldiers claimed that this son of a farmer had threatened them with the grenade.
The U.S. military was quick to condemn the snapshots in a statement issued by Col. Thomas Collins, in apologizing for the suffering that the images have been caused. "The pictures are disgusting to us as human beings and against the norms and values \u200b\u200bof the U.S. Army," he admits.
The statement said the alleged perpetrators of this barbarism are a group of soldiers who are accused of several murders and whose advice to start this war Wednesday. In total there are 12 soldiers who will be judged. Among them are the marines displayed posing with the corpses of children.
"The photos are a contrast to the discipline, professionalism and respect that have characterized the work of our soldiers during nearly 10 years of sustained operations," Colonel Collins said in a statement.
- 'The team murderer. " Thus
called themselves the perpetrators of this massacre of civilians portrayed. The members of 'the murderer team' are awaiting trial in Seattle for these acts. As indicated in 'The Guardian', the soldiers involved were dedicated to maul their fingers victims as well as keep their teeth as a trophy.
One of the protagonists of the photos, Jeremy Morlock, has confirmed his willingness to testify against their colleagues to make it reduced the penalty to a maximum of 24 years in prison, and pointed to his superior, Sergeant Calvin Gibbs, as guilty of the barbarities of the group. The trial begins on Wednesday and the 22-year-old convicted of killing three Afghan civilians.
This is reminiscent of images of the Iraqi prison of Abu Ghraib, Iraq, when between 2003 and 2006 showed how some U.S. contractors and members of the CIA abused of prisoners as they boasted in snapshots.
is unknown how the German magazine he published the photographs, because a military judge had prohibited its distribution to be part of the investigations against the accused. From 'Der Spiegel' indicate that they have released three snapshots of the 4,000 images and videos that possessed by an investigation that lasted four months.
Despite the apologies of the U.S. military, NATO feared that exposing these images can trigger violent acts in Afghanistan. For this reason, the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was quick to call his counterpart in Afghanistan to try to remedy the situation, threatening the U.S. sought to install permanent military bases in Afghanistan.
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