US troops burned bodies in Afghanistan because 'they stank'

[norml]

US troops burned bodies in Afghanistan because 'they stank'
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-10-22 10:36


US soldiers burned the bodies of two Taliban fighters in Afghanistan because villagers had not claimed them a day after they were killed and the bodies "were bloated and they stank," a US magazine reported, citing soldiers who were present at the incident.

Australian television reported on Wednesday that soldiers had burned the bodies of two suspected Taliban militants and afterwards used the incident to insult villagers and try to provoke them into attacking US-led coalition troops.

The incident has prompted a US military investigation into the alleged desecration of the corpses, which is in violation of the Geneva Convention on human rights.

It also further clouds the United States's reputation, already tarnished by the sexual humiliation of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and allegations of mistreatment of "war on terror" inmates at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.


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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/22/content_487015.htm

[spindrifter]

1. Just a question--

do bodies bloat in a day?? I don't think it's that hot in Afghanistan right now.

[Catherine Vincent]

2. Too lazy to dig a grave?

[norml]

3. Well of course it's a made up reason, as the video will show.

Others are reporting this weak "because the bodies stank" excuse now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5132421&mesg_id=5132421