'Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan early on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American hostility, Afghan and American officials said,' the New York Times reported Sunday.
In one of the most gruesome human rights abuses in recent times, a US soldier is reported to have walkedover a mile (1.6 km) from his base in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province trying door after door before breaking into three houses and killing 16 sleeping civilians, nine of whom were children. Reports quote villagers as saying that he had collected 11 of the bodies and set fire to them.
Sadly, this is only the latest in a string of violations of international humanitarian law by US forces stretching back several years.
Earlier this month, five American servicemen and an Afghan translator were reported to have burned copies of the Quran which were among religious materials seized from a detainee facility at Bagram Airfield last week, prompting a wave of outrage.
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In one of the most gruesome human rights abuses in recent times, a US soldier is reported to have walkedover a mile (1.6 km) from his base in the Panjwai district of Kandahar Province trying door after door before breaking into three houses and killing 16 sleeping civilians, nine of whom were children. Reports quote villagers as saying that he had collected 11 of the bodies and set fire to them.
Sadly, this is only the latest in a string of violations of international humanitarian law by US forces stretching back several years.
Earlier this month, five American servicemen and an Afghan translator were reported to have burned copies of the Quran which were among religious materials seized from a detainee facility at Bagram Airfield last week, prompting a wave of outrage.
Read More http://warcrimesrilanka.blogspot.com/p/does-us-value-human-rights.html
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