[bangla-vision] Australian defence inquiry finds no evidence of Afghan mistreatment

[Linda G. Richard]

This is along the WTF category which I cannot post on the blog.... sheez!!!!!!  And old person and an amputee for gosh sakes!!!!!  It looks better on the site.. the indents are the quotes of the story, the rest is mine. Australian defence inquiry finds no evidence of Afghan mistreatment By LGR An inquiry by the Australian Defence Force has found there’s no evidence to support claims its soldiers mistreated Afghan detainees in Afghanistan. The Defence Force says an Afghan soldier claimed that four suspected Taliban members were bashed by Australian soldiers in April after the death of Australian soldier Jason Marks. The Vice Chief of the Defence Force, Lieutenant General David Hurley says medical evidence and witness statements don’t support the claims. He says there appears to have been a cultural misunderstanding. Oh one of THOSE cultural misunderstandings..  It’s okay to bash guys in the head in Australia.  In Afghanistan they don’t know it’s just a ‘cultural thing’, no problem. Just a cultural thing, guys, let it ride, okay?  Silly us! “The inquiry officer found that the allegations were most likely the result of a young Afghan soldier at the forward operating base being culturally offended by what he believed to be harsh treatment of an Afghan elder and an Afghan amputee by non-Afghan personnel,” he said. Someone please remind me NEVER to move to Australia!  Not to make light - as that would not be possible - but if this is how they treat the old and disabled… my God..  This was an actual news report - got it here. no lies.  -- Linda http://freedetainees.org