MEMBERS OF US PLATOON IN AFGHANISTAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AFGHAN CIVILIANS FOR SPORT

Members of U.S. platoon in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport

By Craig Whitlock Saturday, September 18, 2010; 9:39 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/18/AR2010091803935.html?wprss=rss_world/asia

AT JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. The U.S. soldiers hatched a plan as simple as it was savage: to randomly target and kill an Afghan civilian, and to get away with it.

For weeks, according to Army charging documents, rogue members of a platoon from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, floated the idea. Then, one day last winter, a solitary Afghan man approached them in the village of La Mohammed Kalay. The "kill team" activated the plan.

One soldier created a ruse that they were under attack, tossing a fragmentary grenade on the ground. Then others opened fire.

According to charging documents, the unprovoked, fatal attack on Jan. 15 was the start of a months-long shooting spree against Afghan civilians that resulted in some of the grisliest allegations against American soldiers since the U.S. invasion in 2001. Members of the platoon have been charged with dismembering and photographing corpses, as well as hoarding a skull and other human bones.

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FABULOUS VIDEO OF U.S. NAVY TOMCATS FLYING MISSIONS OVER AFGHANISTAN

Great video of U.S. Navy Tomcats launched from the deck of a carrier and flying missions over Afghanistan killing Taliban.

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BRUTAL NEW BATTLEFIELD VIDEO OF FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN

This is a new video from CBS NEWS showing a brutal battlefield firefight with the Taliban.

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BAD DAY FOR TALIBAN AS AH-64 APACHE CHOPPERS RIP INTO THEM (VIDEO)

Video shows AH-64 Apache choppers ripping into the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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ASS-KICKING VIDEO OF APACHE CHOPPERS WIPING OUT TALIBAN

Compilation of real action video of Apache choppers wiping out Taliban in Afghanistan.

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GRAPHIC VIDEO OF APACHE KILLS

Video shows Apache gunships wiping out Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.

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OPERATION "BAGHDAD PUP" HELPS VETS BRING HOME THE PETS THEY BEFRIENDED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (Click on picture to play video)

FEMALE NAVY PETTY OFFICER JOAN STEATES REUNITED WITH HER IRAQ WAR DOG (Video)

Thanks to the help of the SPCA, female Navy Petty Officer Joan Steates has been reunited with the dog she met while serving in Iraq.

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FEMALE SOLDIER IS REUNITED WITH HER DOG FROM IRAQ WAR (Touching video)

Video shows a U.S. Army female soldier reunited in the United States with the dog she met while serving with the Army in Iraq.

The dog had been rescued from a burning wood pile and kept alive by Spc. Gwen Beberg.

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IT'S A DOG'S COLD LIFE: DOGS HELP PATROL A U.S. FOB IN AFGHANISTAN (Click on picture to play video)

"DOGS OF WAR"--DOGS ARE TRUSTED MORE THAN METAL DETECTORS IN AFGHAN CONFLICT (Click on picture to play video)

JUST RELEASED VIDEO OF VIOLENT STREET FIGHTING IN FALLUJAH

This is a new video showing violent street fighting in Fallujah, Iraq.

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NEW ACTION PACKED VIDEO OF MARINES AND ARMY IN COMBAT IN AFGHANISTAN

This new video shows U.S. Marines and U.S. Army troops in combat in Afghanistan.

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TALIBAN FIGHTERS DIDN'T STAND A CHANCE AGAINST OUR AH-64 APACHE CHOPPERS (ACTION VIDEO)

Just watch the fire power unleashed on the Taliban by these AH-64 Apache choppers in Afghanistan.

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FABULOUS VIDEO OF BLACKHAWKS FLYING MISSIONS OVER AFGHANISTAN

Video shows Blackhawks from the US Air Force flying missions over Afghanistan.

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INFORMATIVE VIDEO OF US ARMY TROOPS TAKING ON THE TALIBAN IN BADGHIS PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN (Click on arrow to play video)

BADDEST FIREFIGHT EVER: CAUTION: STRONG LANGUAGE VIDEO

This video was taken during a patrol in Iraq and the language is very strong but so is the fighting between Americans and insurgents.

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VARIETY OF FIREFIGHTS CAUGHT ON VIDEO (Click on picture and arrow to play these videos)

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MARINES DESCRIBE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WARS (VIDEO)

US Marines describe the differences between fighting in Iraq and fighting in Afghanistan and how the Taliban are much more equipped than the insurgents were in Iraq.

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LONG ANTICIPATED OFFENSIVE ON TALIBAN STRONGHOLD OF KANDAHAR UNDERWAY (RAW VIDEO)

U.S. led troops have launched the long anticipated attack on the Taliban stronghold of Kandahar.

Video provides information on type of fighting going on.

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EXCLUSIVE AND FRIGHTENING VIDEO: THESE ARE THE PEOPLE OUR TROOPS ARE FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN (Click on arrow to play video. A little grainy)

HELMET CAM FOOTAGE OF 10TH MTN. DIV. IN FIREFIGHT WITH TALIBAN (Click on arrow to play video)

GEN. PETRAEUS TELLS ABC NEWS AFGHANISTAN WAR COULD TAKE YEARS (Video)

Gen. David Petraeus told ABC's Diane Sawyer that the Afghanistan could take many more years before US forces could pullout of the country.

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BRUTAL VIDEO OF MARINES IN GARMSIR AFGHANISTAN COUNTIN' BODIES

Video is a compilation of pictures and video of US Marines in Garmsir Afghanistan engaged in combat and counting bodies of the Taliban.

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"GOLDEN HOUR"---MEDEVAC CREWS RESCUE WOUNDED US SOLDIERS (raw video)

The Air Rescue teams call it the "Golden Hour" because they have just one hour or less to rescue our wounded soldiers from the battlefield in Afganistan.

This video shows a Medevac Team in action.

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ARMY BRADLEYS TAKE OUT SNIPER (Click on picture to play video)

GRUESOME VIDEO: AFGHAN WOMEN AND CHILDREN OPT FOR SUICIDE RATHER THAN ABUSIVE MARRIAGES (Click on picture to play video)

VIDEO OF AFGHAN WOMEN GIVING OPIUM TO CHILDREN (Click on picture to play video)

RARE VIDEO FROM INSIDE AN IRAQI WOMEN'S PRISON (Click on picture to play)

ARMY TIMES REPORTS TALIBAN USING 3-YEAR OLD CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS

The Army Times is reporting the Taliban are using children as young as three-years old as human shields in the fight against Americans in Afghanistan.

The Taliban also are using 12-year olds on motorcyles to plant roadside bombs.

Read more here from the Army Times:

Marines: Taliban using children in Afghan fight - Army News News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times