Members of Stryker Combat Brigade in Afghanistan accused of killing civilians for sport

by CRAIG WHITLOCK

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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(Thanks to Asad Zaidi; his comment: “Your tax dollars for their sport.”)