Months after loudly dismissing the allegations of Wardak civilians that US Special Forces have been kidnapping, torturing and killing them, the US Army has announced that it has begun a new investigation into the claim under orders from Gen. Dunford, the commander for troops in occupied Afghanistan.
Afghan officials loudly demanded the US withdraw from Wardak Province over the allegations in February, but quickly dropped the demand when NATO insisted the allegations were false.
The issue didn’t die down, however, as civilian bodies kept being found outside the US base and a tape eventually emerged showing the torture of a local civilian, whose body was later found in a ditch near the base.
Even that was shrugged off by US officials, however, until the Afghan government managed to capture the US translator, Zakeria Kandahari, and he confessed that he was acting “on orders” from US commanders. The US has confirmed the authenticity of the Kandahari tape, but insisted that they didn’t know anything about the civilian shown in the video.
US army will investigate the Afghani army if they killed civilians…? What happened to those civilians that are killed by the US army, who is investigating them, how about civilians that are killed by CIA drones and USA government knowers about, will justice department investigate…?
The world already believes any and all allegations of torture by the US; it would take years of good-doing to make up for the disgusting pictures that came out of Abu Ghraib demonstrating what a torture state is all about.
years of good-doing nooooooooooooooooooo! ….when speaking of or to them, one point should be clear: whatever you do, don't "help!"
Another whitewash from a rogue state the world is tired of uniformed assasins
What I find astounding is that the Pentagon/Administration actually believes that it can contain the exposure of what the troops are doing – forever. In this age of instant information, there will always be someone who talks, whether to friends and family or to the press. There are too many players to make facts go away. But they continue to try and it only looks bad when the lie is exposed for what it is.
If the intent is to keep a steady supply of terrorists and jihaddists running around nipping at the heels of the US military deployed in bad places, they're succeeding, exponentially. And the chance that the nipping moves to the continental US is also exponentially increasing. This is a game that portents no winners – and the losers will be the innocents abroad and at home. And the Archons will be allowed to retire with honors and rewards (and pensions and protection) to their homes in the Hamptons or the Eastern Shore.