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Stryker Soldiers Under Investigation

May-28-2010 » Filed Under: 5/2 SBCT

Stryker soldiers under investigation in deaths of 3 Afghan civilians - The News Tribune

KABUL, Afghanistan – The U.S. military is investigating allegations that a group of Stryker soldiers from Joint Base Lewis-McChord deliberately killed three Afghan civilians in a series of shootings earlier this year.

Military officials have detained one soldier with the Army’s 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, which deployed last summer to Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, military officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

If the allegations prove true, they could undermine the U.S. military’s credibility in southern Afghanistan as it gears up to target the Taliban’s spiritual capital in Kandahar.


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