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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Maywand District killings''' refers to the murder of at least three [[Demography of Afghanistan|Afghan]] civilians perpetrated by a group of rogue [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] soldiers in 2010, during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]. The soldiers, who referred to themselves as the "Kill Team",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754554,00.html |title=Murder in Afghanistan: SPIEGEL TV's 'Kill Team' Documentary |publisher=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=January 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/03/the-kill-team-photographs.html |title=The 'Kill Team' Photographs |work=[[The New Yorker]] |first=Seymour M. |last=Hersh |date=March 22, 2011}}</ref> were members of the 3rd Platoon, [[Bravo Company]], [[2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment]] 5th Brigade, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]]. They were based at [[Forward Operating Base Ramrod|FOB Ramrod]] at [[Maiwand]], in the southern [[Kandahar Province]] of [[Afghanistan]].<ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Maywand District killings''' refers to the murder of at least three [[Demography of Afghanistan|Afghan]] civilians perpetrated by a group of rogue [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] soldiers in 2010, during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|War in Afghanistan]]. The soldiers, who referred to themselves as the "Kill Team",<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754554,00.html |title=Murder in Afghanistan: SPIEGEL TV's 'Kill Team' Documentary |publisher=[[Spiegel Online]] |date=January 4, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/03/the-kill-team-photographs.html |title=The 'Kill Team' Photographs |work=[[The New Yorker]] |first=Seymour M. |last=Hersh |date=March 22, 2011}}</ref> were members of the 3rd Platoon, [[Bravo Company]], [[2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment]] 5th Brigade, [[2nd Infantry Division (United States)|2nd Infantry Division]]. They were based at [[Forward Operating Base Ramrod|FOB Ramrod]] at [[Maiwand]], in the southern [[Kandahar Province]] of [[Afghanistan]].<ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Andrew Holmes' attorneys argued they were constrained in defending him by the Army’s decision to conceal photos of the man he allegedly shot in January.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121404247.html Washingtonpost.com]</ref> The National Institute of Military Justice argued that the gruesome corpse photos should be made public.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122104078.html Washingtonpost.com]</ref> Holmes has also said Morlock threatened his life if he told anyone that the killing of Gul Mudin was staged and unnecessary.<ref name=autogenerated1 />  A doctor testified at Holmes' trial that there were no machine gun wounds on the victim that prosecutors said was shot by Holmes' machine gun.<ref>[[Associated Press]], "[http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/04/ap-army-lewis-expert-rebuts-army-evidence-042511/ Expert rebuts Army ‘thrill killings’ evidence]", ''[[Military Times]]'', 25 April 2011.</ref> Another soldier testified that the body was riddled with wounds and that it appeared to him that it was Holmes' weapon that killed Mudin.<ref>[http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/26/1680876/admitted-killer-says-plot-included.html ]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</del></ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Andrew Holmes' attorneys argued they were constrained in defending him by the Army’s decision to conceal photos of the man he allegedly shot in January.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121404247.html Washingtonpost.com]</ref> The National Institute of Military Justice argued that the gruesome corpse photos should be made public.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/21/AR2010122104078.html Washingtonpost.com]</ref> Holmes has also said Morlock threatened his life if he told anyone that the killing of Gul Mudin was staged and unnecessary.<ref name=autogenerated1 />  A doctor testified at Holmes' trial that there were no machine gun wounds on the victim that prosecutors said was shot by Holmes' machine gun.<ref>[[Associated Press]], "[http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/04/ap-army-lewis-expert-rebuts-army-evidence-042511/ Expert rebuts Army ‘thrill killings’ evidence]", ''[[Military Times]]'', 25 April 2011.</ref> Another soldier testified that the body was riddled with wounds and that it appeared to him that it was Holmes' weapon that killed Mudin.<ref>[http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/05/26/1680876/admitted-killer-says-plot-included.html ]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Jeremy Morlock pulling dead Afghan boy by his hair in 2010.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Morlock poses with the body of Gul Muddin immediately after the boy was killed.]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Jeremy Morlock pulling dead Afghan boy by his hair in 2010.jpg|thumb|Jeremy Morlock poses with the body of Gul Muddin immediately after the boy was killed.]]</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jeremy Morlock, a 22-year-old Army specialist from [[Wasilla, Alaska]], has been sentenced  to 24 years in prison by a military tribunal after pleading guilty to three counts of premeditated murder, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and illegal drug use. He will be [[dishonorable discharge|dishonorably discharged]] from the military. He will become eligible for parole after serving 7 years in federal prison.<ref name=24years /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-soldier-crimes-idUSTRE72N0D320110324 | work=Reuters | title=U.S. soldier gets 24 years for murdering Afghans | date=2011-03-24}}</ref> He has agreed to testify against the other soldiers allegedly involved. During his hearing he was asked by Judge Lieutenant Colonel Kwasi Hawks "Were you going to shoot at (civilians) to scare them and it got out of hand?". Morlock replied: "The plan was to kill people, sir".<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110323/ts_alt_afp/afghanistanunrestuscrimemilitary ]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{dead link|date=July 2012}}</del></ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Jeremy Morlock, a 22-year-old Army specialist from [[Wasilla, Alaska]], has been sentenced  to 24 years in prison by a military tribunal after pleading guilty to three counts of premeditated murder, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and illegal drug use. He will be [[dishonorable discharge|dishonorably discharged]] from the military. He will become eligible for parole after serving 7 years in federal prison.<ref name=24years /><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/24/us-soldier-crimes-idUSTRE72N0D320110324 | work=Reuters | title=U.S. soldier gets 24 years for murdering Afghans | date=2011-03-24}}</ref> He has agreed to testify against the other soldiers allegedly involved. During his hearing he was asked by Judge Lieutenant Colonel Kwasi Hawks "Were you going to shoot at (civilians) to scare them and it got out of hand?". Morlock replied: "The plan was to kill people, sir".<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110323/ts_alt_afp/afghanistanunrestuscrimemilitary ]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Morlock's mother accused the US government of [[scapegoat]]ing him: "I think the government is just playing these guys as scapegoats. The leaders dropped the ball. Who was watching over all this?" she said in a ''[[Seattle Times]]'' interview.<ref name=seattlemother>{{cite news|last=Hal Bernton|title=War changed soldier accused in Afghan killings, mother says|url=http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014556068_morlock21m.html|accessdate=2011-04-09|newspaper=Seattle Times|date=20 march 2011}}</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Morlock's mother accused the US government of [[scapegoat]]ing him: "I think the government is just playing these guys as scapegoats. The leaders dropped the ball. Who was watching over all this?" she said in a ''[[Seattle Times]]'' interview.<ref name=seattlemother>{{cite news|last=Hal Bernton|title=War changed soldier accused in Afghan killings, mother says|url=http://o.seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014556068_morlock21m.html|accessdate=2011-04-09|newspaper=Seattle Times|date=20 march 2011}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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