Sorry is still not enough

For abuse of Afghans
“More Damaging than Abu Ghraib” —
Posted today at AlterNet by Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

The most despicable act of sadistic voyeurism by the U.S. Military since pictures from Abu Ghraib

“The [UK] Guardian reports that the U.S. Army ‘Kill Team’ — 12 soldiers currently facing trial for senseless murders of Afghan civilians — took more than 4,000 photographs of their actions, including shots of themselves posing with the dead as though they were hunting trophies.

“The German paper Der Spiegel is set to publish a lengthy piece accompanied by just three of the pictures, which are so horrific that both NATO and military leaders in Afghanistan are preparing for public protest, riots or worse.

“Yesterday, the UN ordered an employee ‘lockdown’ around Kabul, telling staff to remain in their compounds.

“The U.S. Army issued a statement apologizing for images ‘depicting actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States.’”

REALLY.



Source

“More Damaging Than Abu Ghraib? Repugnant Army 'Kill Team' Took Photos, Trophies from Murdered Afghan Civilians” (Julianne Escobedo Shepherd posted at March 21, 2011, http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/534336/more_damaging_than_abu_ghraib_repugnant_army_%27kill_team%27_took_photos%2C_trophies_from_murdered_afghan_civilians/



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