Experts: Photos of US GIs handling corpses very bad for war

April 19, 2012 11:36

No lessons learnt it seems from the horrors of Abu Ghraib.

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times published photos of US soldiers posing with what the paper said were bodies of insurgents in Afghanistan. The newspaper said a soldier came forward with the images to draw attention to the safety risk associated with a decline in leadership and discipline.

In the Times story, editor Davan Maharaj said publishing the photos "would fulfill our obligation to readers to report vigorously and impartially on all aspects of the American mission in Afghanistan, including the allegation that the images reflect a breakdown in unit discipline that was endangering US troops."

Read the report on CNN.

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