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Pentagon Condemns 'Repugnant' Afghan Photos

Analysts fear leadership is breaking down at small-unit level

(Newser) - American officials were quick to condemn the grisly photos of US soldiers posing with the body parts of dead Afghan suicide bombers that surfaced yesterday . White House Press Secretary Jay Carney called the soldiers' behavior "reprehensible," while the US Ambassador to Afghanistan called them "morally repugnant,"...

US Troops Posed With Suicide Bombers' Remains

Soldier gives 18 images to 'Los Angeles Times'

(Newser) - On at least two occasions, paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division posed for pictures with body parts of fallen Afghan insurgents, the Los Angeles Times revealed today, after a soldier from the division sent the paper 18 resulting photos. In one, soldiers grin for the camera while holding aloft the...

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