US Lied About Bala Baluk Massacre, Red Cross Concealed Truth
Leaked cable reveals THE RED CROSS has been covering up civilian casualties in Afghanistan for the US Military. Red Cross responds to leak, "This is standard procedure". The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten has published an article on NATO, US, and the Red Cross and the Bala Baluk massacre on May 4, 2009. The article features a cable that shows the Red Cross put together a report that raised significant doubt about military reports on the number of civilians killed. The cable reveals how a PR campaign kicked into gear to sell the idea that the deaths were not intentional and to skew coverage of the event to fit the interests of NATO and US forces in Afghanistan.