Army apologizes for photos

Associated Press

OLYMPIA, Wash.

The U.S. Army on Monday apologized for any distress caused by recently published photos of American soldiers posing with dead Afghans, calling their content “disturbing” and “in striking contrast” to the Army’s standards and values.

The Army issued a statement in response to graphic images that Rolling Stone magazine posted on its website Monday — about a week after the German news magazine Der Spiegel published three of the photos.

Rolling Stone says the photos are linked to an ongoing war-crimes probe involving members of the 5th Stryker Brigade, based south of Seattle.