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'Motorcyle Kill': Video Of US Troops Killing Two Afghan Motorcycle Riders, from Rolling Stone

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The clip presented here is excerpted from 'Motorcycle Kill,' a video collected and shared by members of the "kill team" of U.S. soldiers who murdered civilians in Afghanistan and mutilated the corpses. The jumpy, 30-minute video -- shot by soldiers believed to be with another battalion in the 5th Stryker Brigade -- shows American troops gunning down two Afghans on a motorcycle who may have been armed. Even if the killings were part of a legitimate combat engagement, however, it is a clear violation of Army standards to share such footage. The video was taken on patrol with a helmet-mounted camera; at one point, the soldier shooting the images can be heard boasting, "I got it all on camera."
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