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US Soldier admits taking fingers off Afghans' bodies as war trophiesBBCNov. 01, 2011 |
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 An Army staff sergeant charged with killing three Afghan civilians admits taking fingers off bodies as war trophies, his lawyer says. Staff Sgt Calvin Gibbs, 26, maintains he was not involved in the killings, and has pleaded not guilty to 16 criminal charges. He is one of five soldiers charged. In March 2011, photographs were published showing the soldiers posing with the corpses of Afghan civilians they had allegedly just killed. The admission that Sgt Gibbs took fingers off the three victims and either kept them as war trophies or gave them to others involved in the killings came during Monday's opening statements from Sgt Gibbs' lawyer, Phil Stackhouse. Read More 
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