Refresher... "Massacre at Mazar"... 3000 allegedly murdered w/ US knowledg

[krkaufman]

Thanks to 'puggles' for making me aware of this video/documentary. This needs to be looked into AGAIN, along with all the atrocities in Iraq.


The documentary (52MB, 17 minutes)

http://marc.perkel.com/images/AfghanPOWsKilled.mov

Related articles...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,736307,00.html

New film accuses US of war crimes

Kate Connolly in Berlin and Rory McCarthy in Islamabad
Thursday June 13, 2002
The Guardian

A former chairman of Amnesty International yesterday called for an independent investigation into claims that US troops tortured Taliban prisoners and assisted in the disappearance of thousands of others in the war in Afghanistan.

Andrew McEntee said that "very credible evidence" in a British documentary film needed to be investigated. He was speaking after the first showing in Berlin of the film, Massacre at Mazar.

"This film raises questions that will not go away," said Mr McEntee, who led Amnesty International UK in the 1990s and is now an international human rights lawyer.

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http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13540

Doran's film – and the allegations of mass killings – has received extensive media coverage in Europe, but is getting little attention in the U.S. The lack of reaction, says Doran, puts the safety of the graves in jeopardy with each passing day.

The U.S. military is denying any knowledge of or involvement in a massacre.

A Pentagon official was quoted by the Guardian (U.K.) as saying that "the U.S. Central Command looked into it a few months ago, when allegations first surfaced when there were graves discovered in the area of Sherberghan prison. They looked into it and did not substantiate any knowledge, presence or participation of U.S. service members." Pentagon spokesman Marine Corps Lt. Col. Dave Lapan told reporters that he considered the allegations of torture to be "highly suspect."

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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/jun2002/dora-j17.shtml

Interview with Jamie Doran, director of Massacre at Mazar
By Stefan Steinberg
17 June 2002

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WSWS: In your opinion, in such an operation involving the transportation and elimination of up to 3,000 people, is it possible that the American troops did not have knowledge or give their consent?

JD: You want my opinion? My answer is no. One hundred and fifty Americans soldiers were present at Sheberghan prison. That does not include CIA personnel. In my opinion, it would be highly unlikely that they could remain unaware of something taking place of such magnitude.

WSWS: In your opinion, how high up in the US army chain of command does complicity in these events extend?

JD: I repeat. When you have 150 American soldiers and a number of CIA personnel in the vicinity of Sheberghan prison, it would be extremely strange if they did not have knowledge of these atrocities taking place.

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