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| Afghanistan | |
| Troops Who Burned Taliban Face Discipline | |
| 2005-11-28 | |
Four U.S. soldiers face disciplinary action for burning the bodies of two Taliban rebels — a videotaped incident that sparked outrage in Afghanistan — but they will not be prosecuted because their actions were motivated by hygienic concerns, the military said Saturday. TV footage recorded Oct. 1 in a violent part of southern Afghanistan showed American soldiers setting fire to the bodies and then boasting about the act on loudspeakers to taunt insurgents suspected to be hiding in a nearby village. Islam bans cremation, and the video images were compared to photographs of U.S. troops abusing prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 This is a "clean up on aisle 9" story. The press is trying to give this story legs and they are pretty wobbly. |
| Posted by: John Q. Citizen 2005-11-28 18:50 |
| #7 Kabul (AP) - PETA today officially protested the burning of the Taleban bodies. Official spokesman A. Nutball Dogman said, "We are protesting the burning of the bodies, because, unlike humans, buzzards, vultures, and crows do not like their carrion 'extra crispy'. This is dangerous to the digestive tracts of our avian comrades, and it is proper the soldiers should be discliplined." |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-11-28 14:35 |
| #6 Next time, just toss 'em in a ravine or something. |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-11-28 10:13 |
| #5 The fire should have been put out by the troops pissing on the corpses, then relit and spit on. When have muslims ever NOT mutilated and desecrated corpses? Respect muslims not one iota more than they respect others. |
| Posted by: ed 2005-11-28 09:49 |
| #4 "Tsk, tsk. You have been found to be culturally insensitive to the Barbarian Hordes. No TV for you this week. Next time, either hold your nose or burn the asstard with the camera, too." |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-28 09:11 |
| #3 warned of a violent anti-American backlash, Not THAT! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2005-11-28 08:52 |
| #2 Nah. A formal letter of reprimand maintained in the local personnel file for unauthorized pollution of environment without appropriate paperwork. For those not in the know, the LoR is ripped out when the soldier PCSs and generally has no effect upon good troops. Bad troops though have a habit of collecting them like Pokimon cards. |
| Posted by: Hupamble Throluling3239 2005-11-28 08:10 |
| #1 This sucks. JAG bitches. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-11-28 02:08 |