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November 8, 2013

Audio of British Soldiers Executing Afghan Released 
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A British judge has ordered the release of audio from a helmet-mounted
camera that captured the execution of an Afghan man by three British
soldiers in 2011. The soldiers are being tried at a court-martial for
the man's murder. On the recording, a soldier rejects another's offer to
shoot the man in the head as too "obvious." Then he shoots the Afghan in
the chest. After the shooting, the soldier tells his colleagues
"Obviously this doesn't go anywhere ... I just broke the Geneva
Convention." Listen carefully.

Soldier A: "It's nothing you wouldn't do to us."

Soldier B: "I know."

Soldier A: "Obviously this doesn't go anywhere, fellas."

Soldier B: "Yeah, roger, mate."

Soldier A: "I just broke the Geneva Convention."

Soldier B: "Yeah, roger."

The soldier who shot the Afghan has claimed he believed the man was
already dead.

 

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