Army investigators looking into the deaths of three Afghan civilians last year seized gruesome photographs kept by troops as trophies. Five soldiers based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle are charged with murder.
In one photograph published Sunday, Cpl. Jeremy Morlock of Wasilla, Alaska, grins as he lifts the head of a corpse by the hair. In another, Pvt. 1st Class Andrew Holmes of Boise, Idaho, poses with the same corpse.
A third shows two apparently dead men propped against a pillar.
The Army says the photos depict "actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States Army."
(Published 21 March 2011, 03:10 IST)
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