US Army apologized for shocking photos of soldiers posing with corpses
March 21st, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar.21 (ANI): The US army has issued an apology for photographs of US soldiers posing with bodies of Afghan civilians they had killed. The German magazine Der Spiegel published the photographs.
The army said it has apologised for the distress caused by photographs “depicting actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States”.
An investigation by Der Spiegel has unearthed around 4,000 photos and videos taken by the army, The Guardian reported.
Activities of the self-styled “kill team” of US army, are already public. Twelve men currently on trial in Seattle for their role in the killing of three civilians.
Five of the soldiers are on trial for pre-meditated murder, after they staged killings to make it look like they were defending themselves from Taliban attacks.
Other charges include the mutilation of corpses, the possession of images of human casualties and drug abuse.
The cases have already created shock around the world, particularly with the revelations that the men cut “trophies” from the bodies of the people they killed.
One security manager for the US company DynCorp said that publication of the photos was likely “to incite the local population” as the “severity of the incidents to be revealed are graphic and extreme”. (ANI)
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