Soldiers linked to skull suspended
From Times Wire Reports
Germany’s military has suspended two soldiers from duty in connection with photos of troops posing with a skull in Afghanistan, the defense minister said.
The pictures, published in the daily newspaper Bild, have provoked widespread expressions of disgust and triggered a review of training.
Bild says the pictures were taken in early 2003. They include a shot of the skull on the hood of a vehicle and one in which it is held near a soldier’s unzipped fatigues.
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