Kandahar

The story I chose was about the hearing of 5 US soldiers being charged with the murder of Afghan civilians, with 7 other soldiers being charged in a cover up of this crime.

CNN: The CNN article focused on the recent hearing-to-be of these soldiers. It discussed the methods in which the killings were performed, mostly grenades. Also, names of the accused were given, and this article talked about how the soldiers actually kept body parts of their victims.

FOX: I couldn't find a recent updated story on this subject, however, I did find a story from about a month ago when this story came out. This article explains the involvement of 7 other soldiers in this conspiracy. It also names all who were involved, and goes into more detail about how the civilians were killed: Shot and had grenades thrown at them.

MSNBC:I could not find the story on MSNBC.


There were differences between CNN and FOX, but mostly because of the time gap. CNN did this follow up story to inform readers of the hearing that is coming up Monday for these US soldiers, while FOX did the initial reporting of the story this summer. I really am not sure why MSNBC did not have this story. When I put it in the search, it only came up with CNN's story. Also, when I went to the Kandahar tab within the MSNBC site, I Couldn't find it there either. Overall, I do believe this is an important story. We need to know how our soldiers are conducting themselves overseas during this war. It reflects poorly on the US as a nation when this type of misconduct is performed. What is important now is the action that the US takes on these soldiers in punishing them for their crime.



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/25/army-stryker-brigade-soldiers-conspired-kill-afghan-civilians-charged/


http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/09/27/afghanistan.coverup.case/index.html?hpt=T2