Fw: Voice of 'MASSACRE AT MAZAR':Irish Documentary on U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan
- From: "Capt. Imran" <no1khan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 17:25:16 +0100
As-salamu ala manittaba al-huda
Peace be upon those who receive guidance.
No wonder why the USA will not commit to being part of/ and being governed by a
coalition court with war crimes.
I am not a sympathizer of criminals, but criminals have rights and we have
rights to them.
What should one expect from man made governed rules with the following article?
Please advise, if you no longer wish to be on my distribution list
Imran
Irish Film Maker Documents U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan
TORTURE, MURDER of ISLAMISTS: Execution of 3,000 Islamic Prisoners
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Documentary of US 'war crimes' shocks Europe
June 12 2002 at 05:28PM
By Clive Freeman
Berlin - American soldiers have been involved in the torture and murder
of captured Taliban prisoners, and may have aided in the "disappearance" of
up to 3 000 men in the region of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to Jamie Doran, an
Irish documentary film-maker.
Doran's latest film, Massacre At Mazar, was shown on Wednesday in in
the Reichstag, the German parliament building in Berlin, and there were
immediate calls for an international commission to be set up to investigate
charges made in the documentary.
Andrew McEntee, a leading international human rights lawyer, who has
viewed the film footage and read full transcripts, believes there is prima
facie evidence of serious war crimes having been committed by American
soldiers in Afghanistan.
'The Americans did whatever they wanted'
McEntee, who was in Berlin for Wednesday's special screening, said war
crimes had been committed not just under international law but, also, "under
the laws of the United States itself".
Much of the footage shown in Doran's 20-minute documentary was taken
secretly, and although witnesses were said to be living in fear of reprisal
from within Afghanistan itself they had all agreed to appear at any future
international war crimes tribunal to give evidence, it was claimed.
One witness in the film claimed he had seen an American soldier break
an Afghan prisoner's neck and pour acid on others. "The Americans did
whatever they wanted. We had no power to stop them," he alleged.
Sometimes prisoners who were beaten up and taken outside had
"disappeared", he said.
In other sequences witnesses, among them two men, claimed they had been
forced to drive into the desert with hundreds of Taliban prisoners.
The living were then summarily shot while 30 to 40 American soldiers
purportedly stood by, it was alleged. The prisoners had been taken there on
the orders of the local American commander, according to the documentary.
In the film, an Afghan witness admitted to killing prisoners himself,
and another officer, allegedly a senior officer in the army of deputy defence
minister Dostum's forces, was said to have gone into hiding following threats
to his life.
The far-left Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) arranged for the
special showing of Massacre At Mazar in the Reichstag. Party chairman Roland
Claus was cautious regarding its content but did spoke of its attempt at
"authenticity."
Andre Brie, a PDS member of the European Parliament, concerned by
reports of ill treatment of Taliban prisoners, said he would be in favour of
an international commission looking into "disturbing" questions raised by the
film.
At a press conference Brie said he had known of Doran's dangerous film
activity in Afghanistan, and had helped to support him financially.
The PDS party faction had wanted to obtain authentic footage of the war
in Afghanistan, he said.
The film was due to be screened at the European Parliament in
Strasbourg later on Wednesday evening. - Sapa-DPA
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