[driftdiver]

The America haters are still quite busy

[Mr. Jazzy]

Civilians my ass! If they have a weapon or support equipment, they are a combatant, no matter WHAT CLOTHES they are wearing!

FU UK Guardian.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

YAWN! I dont really care...good for our guys, Im sure whomever they strung up and gutted, deserved it.

[panthermom]

The facts are not out yet but it does look very dim for these guys. This whole thing came about because of their drug use. They were very into hash that they were getting in the villages. Even the groups I belong to regarding unjust prosecution of our troops is not touching this one.

There are e-mails and conversations that one of those accused had been trying to alert what was going on for 4 months through his parents, only to have his parents ignored by the Army. Either way this is bad and my son will be boots on the ground there when this hits. Der Speigel can publish all it wants but realize that most Afghans, especially in the outer villages cannot read so this will be relayed by word of mouth and will morph into something even more outrageous. Pray for those who will feel the repercussion of this.

[mountainlion]

The terrorists that killed 3000 at the World trade center were civilians. Hamas and Al kiada are civilians. Muslim kill teams seem to be innocent.

[Dr. Sheldon Cooper]

If there ever was such a thing as a “defenseless Afghani civilian”, he died thousands of years ago, alone and childless.

[StonyBurk]

the sad part is you’re right. such “kill team” activity ought be exploited . And our armed forces ought multiply such teams.
If the enemy sees these photographs and hears such a team is or might be deployed against them the team has the advantage
if the enemy is afraid of you he will be easier to defeat. IF the enemy is enraged—and hates you -he will make mistakes.
If the Americans were not led by anti-Military communist dupes—they would study War in the Shadows— and Sun Tsu, and consider the tactics used by the American natives we call Apache.

[dead]

I’m guessing the NYTimes and other outlets will tout this as Obama’s fault, as Abu Ghraib was Bush’s.

[JimRed]

Who exactly identified these corpses as “civilians”? Always consider the source.

[TexasRepublic]

Can any subscriber to Satan’s religion be “innocent”?

[Karliner]

Common practice is get rid of weapons on all dead terrorists, booby traps, the whole lot, sometimes stripping them to their bare a$$es, other times setting a charge about the body just in case. As there's no real "terrorist Al-Qaeda/Talibunnie" army sign up sheet well yes, they COULD be called civilians; civilians with all intent to kill our young soldiers, so F*** them. Seriously, I should just copy/ paste that sentence written almost verbatim since 9/11 and not go through the trouble of re writing this crud.So much bias by sacred bleeding farts , so sick of these articles that paint such trash negativity.

Does any journalist write and take pictures of captured soldiers since pre Ghengis Khan( okay painted maybe back then) of the Korenghal region and other regions ripping soldiers piece by piece by piece by piece? No So until some rag shows the OTHER sides horrors and serious barbarism this canot be formed as a true picture in journalistic perspective, fair and balanced and all that, nope one sided BS.

[combat_boots]

I do not believe this for a hot nanosecond inside a black hole universe. There is absofreakinglutely no fracking way a person associated with a black squad would let anyone snap a photo, let alone get a shot of something that could identify dental records.

I CALL BS. complete and utter bs.

[Future Snake Eater]

...US Stryker tank unit that operated in the southern province of Kandahar...

This article was written by a complete idiot.