5 U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murder In Afghanistan

Corp. Jeremy Morlock, left, of Wasilla, Alaska, allegedly took part in three murders of Afghan civilians perpetrated by five members of the Army's 5th Stryker Combat Brigade in Afghanistan. Spc. Michael Wagnon, of Las Vegas; Pfc. Andrew Holmes, of Boise, Idaho, and Pfc. Adam Winfield, of Cape Coral, Fla., also have been charged. Not shown: Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, of Billings, Mont. Illustrates AFGHAN (category i), by Craig Whitlock (c) 2010, The Washington Post. Moved Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010. (MUST CREDIT: Army photos.)

Members Of U.S. Platoon In Afghanistan Accused Of Killing Civilians For Sport -- Washington Post

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.

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