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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: PartyTime who started this subject7/9/2004 12:04:44 AM
From: Doug R   of 173976
 
Americans running illegal jail: Afghans

KABUL, July 7: Afghan security forces have arrested three Americans and four Afghans after a shootout in the capital and accused them of illegally detaining and interrogating locals, security officials said on Wednesday.

A senior intelligence Afghan official, who did not want to be identified, said the suspects had been using a private house to detain local people. "They carried illegal arms," he said. "They arrested and interrogated people illegally."

Police said several bearded Afghans, apparently detained by the group, were found in the house. Members of the group detaining them were wearing local and foreign military uniforms.

"We are investigating to find out what they were up to," the intelligence official said. US embassy spokesman Roy Glover said he understood three of the men had identified themselves as Americans, including Idema, who had been visited by US consular staff.

The US military said in statements this week that Idema had "allegedly represented himself as an American government and/or military official". "The public should be aware that Idema does not represent the American government and we do not employ him," they said.

dawn.com

I wonder why this unnamed US military spokesperson expects that denial to be believed.
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