German troops in skull photo shame - The Age

Email Print Normal font Large font Bild's front page skull picture story. Photo: AFP PHOTOGRAPHS of German soldiers posing with a human skull in Afghanistan have triggered outrage in Germany and cast a shadow over plans to raise its military profile worldwide. The Bild newspaper printed a close-up of an unidentified soldier smiling and holding up a skull under the headline "German soldiers desecrate the dead". Other photos showed the skull balanced on a jeep and a soldier holding the skull next ...