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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 05:46 PM
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Report: Bush admin. skirted probe of mass Afghan slayings
Report: Bush admin. skirted probe of mass Afghan slayings

http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/10/bush-probe-mass-afghan-slayings/

By Stephen C. Webster

Published: July 10, 2009
Updated 2 hours ago

When CIA-backed Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum had up to ’several thousand’ Taliban prisoners sealed and suffocated to death in metal shipping containers just days after the United States invaded the country, it did not go unnoticed by the White House.

They simply chose not to do anything about it and quietly worked to discourage efforts to uncover the truth, according to a late-Friday report by The New York Times.
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lamp_shade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 05:53 PM
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1. Holy shit.
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corpseratemedia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 06:07 PM
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2. if backed by the CIA, is this the secret that Panetta referred to?
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TexasProgresive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-10-09 09:42 PM
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3. This is another one of those
WHY IS THIS NEWS NOW! It was reported on at the time but disregarded or ignored by most everyone.
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