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| Taliban crying wolf on mistreatment claims: ADF |
| 2008-05-13 |
| The Australian Defence Force (ADF) says Taliban forces in Afghanistan have adopted a new tactic of falsely accusing Coalition troops of mistreating detainees. An inquiry has cleared Australian troops of any wrongdoing in a battle in Afghanistan last year, which resulted in the deaths of two Afghan women, a baby and Australian soldier Luke Worsley. A separate investigation is continuing into claims Taliban detainees were mistreated, after the death last month of Australian soldier Jason Marks. The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie, says he has noticed a trend emerging. "The trend is also not necessarily to complain to the nation involved," he said. "The trend would be rather to complain to the Dutch that Australians had mistreated detainees before they were handed over, or complain to the Australians that the Dutch had mistreated. That happens throughout the country." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 I've heard that several times Rambler, Is it true, anyone read it themselves? Cause it would delight me to no end if it were. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-05-13 17:23 |
| #2 If we just applied the Geneva Conventions strictly, this would not be a problem. Why? Because after we captured one of these bastards, we would give them a quick court in the field, convict them of being illegal combatants, and then execute them. Let's see them complain about mistreatment after that. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-05-13 13:01 |
| #1 ...adopted a new tactic... Not new, just a variation on a very tired theme... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2008-05-13 01:49 |