objectionable photos. mostly photos of dead afghan civilians that had been killed in combat. but allegedly some of those that had been killed had been targeted, innocent civilians, that were allegedly killed by these soldiers. as you mentioned, some of these cases have already been adjudicated. the most serious just last week. corp. patrol jeremy warlock morlock who had been convicted in the killings of three of afghan civilians. he was set to receive a life sentence, but in a plea bargain g got 24 years. what i take away from this, quite frankly, is we are seeing what is absolutely the most ugly side of war, savannah, made only uglier by the allegations against in of these soldiers in the brigade. incredible piece in rolling stone. just makes your stomach turn. jim, thank you.
back this controversy. it was revealed that what the army chooses to call a rogue squad and rogue platoon of the 5th stryker brigade out of washington state embarked on a campaign to target and kill innocent afghan civilians. allegedly many of these soldiers, about five, had been involved in these killings of three afghan civilians. and in the army s investigation, they went they spread out their tin knaentacles who anybo is in that platoon, brigade, who find out who knew what when and at the same time investigators collected these very photos of some of which now appear in rolling stone. in all, there were 4,000 photos collected. military official says most of those were the typical kind of happy snaps you would see but about 100 grizzly really
interrogation tapes obtained by cnn describe gruesome scenes of what appears to just be cold-blooded murder carried out under the influence of illegal drugs. the army alleges three civilians were killed. all of the accused from the 5th stryker brigade. one man kept fingers and leg bones as souvenirs. investigative correspondent drew agriculture lo griffin looking into this. you hear the accusations and that s heart-wrenching to hear. it s tough to report on but the fact of the matter is the information which is so troubling is coming from the soldiers themselves who are telling the story of how they smoked hash at night, killed by day. and in some cases actually took pictures like trophies of the people they killed. in the tapes obtained by cnn, the soldiers accused in their own words are not denying anything. but trying to explain how highly
base there. it is not who we are. and the united states is committed to see those responsible are held accountable. the delegate partnership now falling further into chaos. and now from the pentagon, what do we know of the soldier accused of mass murder? he is 38-year-old staff sergeant, married, a father of two children himself and he has served three times in iraq, the first time in afghanistan. working with special operations to train local afghan defense patrols in individual averages and with the 5th stryker brigade from joint base in washington, state. and the 56 begans demanded he be handed over but the u.s. military says it will try him with recent military sentences have been shockingly short for similar sentences, and including