-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 6/21/02 5:56:18 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Is this true? The on-line news site Jama'at-ud-Da'awa http://www.markazdawa.org/ has the UK Mirror article posted on their website, and the article you responded to is on the UK Sunday Mirror site. According to this next article, it would appear that the massacre was in November, implying last November. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/13/1023864326176.html excerpt Massacre at Mazar describes how thousands of Taliban troops were rounded up after the battle of Kunduz in November and taken in sealed shipping containers to Sheberghan prison, a jail then under US control in north-western Afghanistan. -------- Then there is a radio show, CounterSpin, that discusses this, dated December 7 - 14, 2001. It affirms they are talking about a massacre in November 2001: http://www.webactive.com/webactive/cspin/cspin20011207.html A massacre of Taliban prisoners at a Northern Alliance compound has human rights groups and very few journalists demanding an investigation. But most media outlets don't seem to be pursuing the killing of hundreds of soldiers under the control of the US-backed Northern Alliance. Veteran human rights journalists and executive editor of MediaChannel.org Danny Schechter will join CounterSpin to talk about coverage of the prison massacre at Mazar-i-Sharif. (click on "listen to the entire program" and go to 8:27 for the segment to begin. The segment-specific link is the intro, not the section it's supposed to be.) ------------- "Human Rights Watch" has a report "The Massacre in Mazir-I Sharif." It's about events that occurred in 1998 and makes no mention in the summary of US involvement. http://store.yahoo.com/hrwpubs/af11.html This report documents a massacre of civilians and other serious breaches of international humanitarian law committed in Afghanistan in August 1998. The incident, which occurred in Mazar-i Sharif, a city in northern Afghanistan, represents one of the single worst examples of killings of civilians in Afghanistan’s twenty-year war. No foreigners or press were allowed in the city or its environs at the time, and only a few humanitarian organizations have been permitted to carry out relief work in the city since the incident. Human Rights Watch is the first international human rights organization to interview survivors who have reached Pakistan in the weeks following the massacre. In the report, we urge the United Nations to undertake an urgent investigation into the massacre and the full range of abuses that took place in Mazar-i Sharif, including 1997 killings of Taliban soldiers in the city that motivated those involved in the subsequent offensive to seek revenge. Human Rights Watch believes that determining the truth about what happened represents the first step toward accountability and may provide a means toward breaking the cycle of revenge killings that continue to characterize the civil war in Afghanistan. AFGHANISTAN: The Massacre in Mazar-I Sharif, 11/98 C1007$3.00 ---------- Two different massacres? One in 1998 and one in 2001? It would appear so. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 05:08:40 +0700 > From: DDN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Subject: AMERICAN troops cut out the tongues of Taliban prisoners and > poured acid over their heads > > > 'AMERICA TORTURED TALIBAN' > Sunday Mirror report > Saturday 22nd June 2002 > > > AMERICAN troops cut out the tongues of Taliban prisoners and poured acid > over their heads before ordering their deaths, a TV documentary claims. > > The film Massacre At Mazar claims that the soldiers orchestrated the mass > slaughter of al-Qaeda fighters during an uprising at the prison following the > bloodiest battle of the Afghan war, at Mazar-e-Sharif. > > One Northern Alliance soldier says in the film: "The Americans did whatever > they wanted. We had no power to stop them. > > "I was a witness when an American soldier broke one prisoner's neck and > poured acid-like substances on others." > > Another witness claims four prisoners were beaten unconscious by US soldiers, > then disappeared. > > He says: "They cut their hair and poured acid or something on to them. They > were screaming and jumping up and down. They had a black stick and beat them." > > > The US and Northern Alliance have always denied claims of a massacre at the > Qala-i-Janghi fortress in Mazar-e-Sharif. > > The evidence of new atrocities comes after the Sunday Mirror published > pictures of the horrific treatment of Taliban fighters held at another camp, > Shibarghan - dubbed the Afghan Auschwitz. > > The film, made by British producer Jamie Doran, and shown to the German > parliament last week, also tells how 8,000 Taliban prisoners were rounded up > and transported in metal containers to Shirbaghan. > > A driver of one of the trucks says many prisoners died of thirst in the > stifling containers. > > Another witness admits to accidental fatalities when he shot holes in the > side of containers to allow prisoners to breath. > > He says: "They were crying for air. I hit the side with bullets to create > air - and some were killed." > > And two men claim they were forced to drive hundreds of Taliban into the > desert where they were shot while up to 40 US soldiers looked on. > > The film is based on testimonies from six witnesses, including a senior army > officer. All have agreed to give evidence at any future war crimes tribunal. > > Last night human rights lawyer Andrew McEntee, former chairman of Amnesty > International UK, called for the allegations to be investigated. > > He said: "These alleged crimes would carry a life imprisonment in many > countries." > > A US Army spokesman said later: "We have been asked about allegations that > Taliban prisoners were executed while US special forces soldiers stood by and > watched. We checked and didn't have anything to substantiate those > allegations." > > http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. 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