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Carrot
03-21-2011, 02:55 PM
The US Army has apologised for graphic photographs of US soldiers grinning over the corpses of Afghan civilians they had allegedly killed.

The photos published by Germany's Der Spiegel magazine were said to be among many seized by US Army investigators.

An army statement said the photographs were "repugnant" but were already being used as evidence in a court martial.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12803148
eyeonyou
03-21-2011, 07:12 PM
The US Army has apologised for graphic photographs of US soldiers grinning over the corpses of Afghan civilians they had allegedly killed.

The photos published by Germany's Der Spiegel magazine were said to be among many seized by US Army investigators.

An army statement said the photographs were "repugnant" but were already being used as evidence in a court martial.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12803148

No where in this article did I see where the United States Army is apologizing for these poor actions by soldiers being Court Martialed. Nothing wrong if they did, but it was individuals actions that did this, NOT the U.S. Army.

This is what they said.


The US Army said these photographs depict "actions repugnant to us as human beings and contrary to the standards and values of the United States Army".



Spin is easy as let's look at some of the British attacks from British sources. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/26/afghanistan-civilians-ministry-defence-wikileaks

War is hell and the spin is easy. All you have to do is show a bad picture. http://www.apfn.org/THEWINDS/images/taliban_dead.jpg

Dead by British forces.

See how easy that is? But that wasn't spin.
Rec
03-21-2011, 07:18 PM
The facts, just the facts, and war is horrible, from any angle......does NOT have to have an anti-american spin at all! Kudos Eye for the real!!!!
eyeonyou
03-21-2011, 07:27 PM
The facts, just the facts, and war is horrible, from any angle......does NOT have to have an anti-american spin at all! Kudos Eye for the real!!!!

Yes, War is awful and I wish it could stop, but it never will in my lifetime, sadly, probably NOT anyone else's either.