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Reuters: U.S. Troops Refuse To Testify In Afghan Murder Case

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Tags: Afghanistan, Murder Case, United States

A U.S. soldier charged with murdering civilians and other crimes in Afghanistan made his first court appearance on Monday, as 11 other soldiers invoked their constitutional right not to testify in the case.

Nine of the soldiers who declined to take the witness stand are among a dozen infantrymen of the 5th Stryker Brigade, based in Washington state, who are charged in a case stemming from their deployment in Afghanistan's Kandahar province.

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