From the LA Times.....these are our "allies"; wonder what part of the Geneva Convention this threatment is in....
U.S. Forces Beat Afghans After Deadly Assault, Ex-Prisoners Say
By ERIC SLATER, Times Staff Writer
ORUZGAN, Afghanistan -- After killing 21 Afghans, at least some of them loyal to the U.S.-backed interim government, American forces beat and kicked some of the dead men's colleagues who were held prisoner for 16 days before being released last week with an apology, according to several of those held.
The 27 men, captured during a Jan. 24 nighttime raid in which U.S. troops appear to have mistakenly targeted friendly forces in this remote village, were treated harshly at first, several of them said--with two saying they blacked out from their beatings and two others claiming they suffered broken ribs. Then the ill treatment stopped, they said, perhaps because the U.S. special operations forces realized they had captured and killed friendly troops, not Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters.
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged for the first time that U.S. troops might have killed Afghan allies in the operation, and a military spokesman conceded that the detainees did not belong to either the Taliban or Al Qaeda..............
latimes.com
And Rumsfeld uses "might have killed"...what crapola!
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