Afghan massacre not act of lone gunman, witnesses say
Afghan eyewitnesses to the recent massacre of 16 civilians in Kandahar province say the slaughter was carried out by more than one US soldier. - According to a video broadcast by CNN on Sunday, Afghan villagers said multiple US troops broke into their houses and asked about the Taliban. Witnesses said that they told the troops that there were no Taliban there, but they started shooting at people anyway. Ali Ahmed said, “It was 3:00 a.m. when they entered a room and shot my uncle after asking where the Taliban are. My uncle replied that he didn’t know.” He added that the worst thing happened in the next room, where they entered and killed all the children there, including a two-month-old baby. Other villagers told CNN that after the carnage, the US soldiers piled up the dead bodies of the victims and set them on fire.
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Stephen Lendman: A Decade of America Ravaging Afghanistan - ■ US imperial wars treat civilians like combatants. To facilitate killing, soldiers are taught to dehumanize enemies, especially darker-skinned ones and Muslims. ■ Training involves instilling Groupthink hate. Individuality and free thought are erased. Recruits are intimidated to go along. When America goes to war, scoundrel journalism hardens support. ■ So do politicians, academics, religious and other leaders. They euphemize killing to justify lawlessness. At issue is conditioning public opinion to accept imperial policy like military trainers brainwash young recruits. ■ Massacring 16 Afghans, including nine children, reflects state-sponsored murder.
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