You may have heard of them last week with the pictures they took: http://i.imgur.com/Jj3Qw.jpg Well here are some more. Also there is a video. This is the video description: Here are some more pics http://i.imgur.com/QH33x.jpg This is the body of 15-year-old Gul Muddin, who was murdered by members of the "kill team." Previously published photos show Cpl. Jeremy Morlock and Pfc. Andrew Holmes holding up the body like a trophy. http://i.imgur.com/uRjDV.jpg The bodies of these two men, which show up in a least two photos, were reportedly not killed by the 3rd platoon "kill team." "Those were some innocent farmers that got killed," an anonymous source told Rolling Stone. http://i.imgur.com/35WWm.jpg Cpl. Morlock, who pleaded guilty last week and will testify against other "kill team" members, posing with an Afghan child. "At one point," the Rolling Stone caption reads, "soldiers in 3rd Platoon talked about throwing candy out of a Stryker vehicle as they drove through a village and shooting the children who came running to pick up the sweets." More are found here: http://www.rollingstone.com/politic...0110327/0602176 Here are some excerpts. Again, please read the article however because its really gruesome and terrible, but these things should be known by the public. The article follows with a lot more details, about how they beat up a soldier that wanted to come forward, their punishment (or lack thereof), and other details. People often try to suppress this information because they believe that this will "embolden" the opposition. But we were supposed to have the moral high ground in fighting this battle. We were told we were better than the Taliban. Hell, President Obama yesterday talked about how terrible Gaddafi was in comparison to the liberators. All this does is make me wonder about the things the US was ABLE to suppress. Another question that comes to mind, is what exactly makes people want to do this? Is it the nature of war? Or were these people just screwed up before (for lack of a better term)? I hope the armed forces don't foster or unexpectedly draw in people who wish to commit acts like this. Overall it's a really complicated and sad situation. We are supposed to be "winning their hearts and minds" and I feel that this puts us two steps back. Also, for those wondering about the tattoo in the article. I'm going through it now, won't be able to get through all of it tonight because of homework, but damn is it depressing. Also, a warning, there are lots of dead bodies so don't click if you can't handle that. Some excerpts from what I've read so far: Taking fingers as trophies from killing someone. How can this be seen as anything but a serial killer? Link to full article http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-kill-team-20110327 Link to the pictures + accompanying dialogue (if you don't want to read a ton and want to know what they did, this is what you want to click) http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/photos/the-kill-team-photos-20110327
