Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Krieg forderte 2010 offiziell 10.000 Tote

In Afghanistan sind im vergangenen Jahr fast zehntausend Menschen durch Gewalttaten getötet worden.
Unter den Opfern seien mehr als 5200 Aufständische, teilte das Innenministerium in Kabul am Montag mit.
Auch seien knapp 1300 afghanische Polizisten sowie mehr als 2000 Zivilisten bei Anschlägen und anderen
Gewalttaten ums Leben gekommen.

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'Dancing Boy' Scandal Taints Both Americans and Afghans

To win over Afghan locals, American contractor DynCorp bankrolled 'bacha bazi' parties -- the culturally
accepted practice of pedophilia by men against boys.
December 28, 2010

Every culture has its dark secrets, the practices that many people on the outside would frown on or shudder at.
There’s Mormons and polygamy. Hindus and sati. Muslims and virgin brides. And many other cultures that have
very specific practices associated with them.

Children were abused on American military dollars. The cables are undoubtedly an embarrassment to the war effort.
Whereas previously bacha bazi was used in the media to stress the necessity of the war effort – "these people
need to be liberated," so the theory went – the WikiLeaks cables have completely reversed that notion. Americans
are clearly not liberators if they are promoting child abuse instead of preventing and prohibiting it.



http://www.alternet.org/investigations/149352/%27dancing_boy%27_scandal_taints_both_americans_and_afghans/

Nine Afghan Boys Collecting Firewood Killed by NATO Helicopters
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and SANGAR RAHIMI --- Published: March 2, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the
eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook
them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which
apologized for the mistake.

The boys, who were 9 to 15 years old, were attacked on Tuesday in what amounted
to one of the war’s worst cases of mistaken killings by foreign-led forces. The
victims included two sets of brothers. A 10th boy survived.
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Kabul, Afghanistan - Negen jongens die brandhout verzamelden voor hun huizen in
de bergen in het oosten van Afghanistan werden gedood door schutters in NAVO-
helikopters die hen aanzagen voor opstandelingen, volgens een verklaring op
woensdag door de NAVO, die zich verontschuldigde voor de fout.

De jongens, van 9 tot 15 jaar oud, werden aangevallen op dinsdag in wat uitliep
op een van de ergste van gevallen, in deze oorlog, van doden tengevolge van een
onjuiste beoordeling door een buitenlandse troepenmacht.

Bij de slachtoffers waren twee stellen broers. Een tiende jongen heeft het overleefd.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?src=ISMR_HP_LO_MST_FB

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Zie ook : Afghanistan
Rowley says: "By every measurable means, the U.S. is losing the war."

http://www.democracynow.org/tags/afghanistan

US Army 'kill team' in Afghanistan posed with photos of murdered civilians
Commanders brace for backlash of anti-US sentiment that could be more damaging than after the Abu Ghraib scandal.
Jon Boone --- The Guardian --- Monday 21 March 2011

Commanders in Afghanistan are bracing themselves for possible riots and public fury triggered by the publication
of "trophy" photographs of US soldiers posing with the dead bodies of defenceless Afghan civilians they killed.
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The case has already created shock around the world, particularly with the revelations that the men cut
"trophies" from the bodies of the people they killed.

An investigation by Der Spiegel has unearthed approximately 4,000 photos and videos taken by the men.
The magazine, which is planning to publish only three images,said that in addition to the crimes
the men were on trial for there are "also entire collections of pictures of other victims that some of the
defendants were keeping".

The US military has strived to keep the pictures out of the public domain fearing it could inflame feelings at
a time when anti-Americanism in Afghanistan is already running high.
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De zaak heeft al de hele wereld geschokt, vooral met de onthullingen dat de mannen "trofeeën"
sneden uit de lichamen van de mensen die ze vermoordden. Een onderzoek door Der Spiegel heeft
ongeveer 4.000 foto's en video's boven tafel gebracht die genomen zijn door de mannen.

Het tijdschrift, dat van plan is om slechts drie beelden te publiceren, zei dat in aanvulling op
de misdaden waar die mannen voor terecht staan er "ook hele collecties van foto's van andere
slachtoffers zijn die een aantal van de verdachten in bezit hadden".

Het Amerikaanse leger heeft er naar gestreefd om de foto's uit de publicatie te houden uit angst dat
het emoties zou kunnen losmaken in een tijd waarin anti-Amerikanisme in Afghanistan reeds hoog oploopt.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/21/us-army-kill-team-afghanistan-posed-pictures-murdered-civilians

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2668/Buitenland/article/detail/1862976/2011/03/21/Militaire-moordfoto-s-Afghanistan-voeden-anti-Amerikaans-sentiment.dhtml

Soldier Gets 24 Years for Killing 3 Afghan Civilians
By WILLIAM YARDLEY -- Published: March 23, 2011

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — A soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport
was sentenced Wednesday to 24 years in prison after he pleaded guilty and agreed to
testify against other defendants in the case.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/24/us/24morlock.html?_r=1&hp
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US soldier admits killing for sport

Paul Harris in New York --- guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 23 March 2011 23.17 GMT

Jeremy Morlock, 23, tells US military court he was part of a 'kill team' that faked combat
situations to murder Afghan civilians.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/23/us-soldier-admits-killing-afghans
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SEATTLE - Een van de Amerikaanse militairen die betrokken zijn bij een schandaal
rond de moord op burgers in Afghanistan, heeft woensdag voor een militaire rechtbank schuld
bekend. Het gaat om korporaal Jeremy Morlock, zo meldden Amerikaanse media.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2668/Buitenland/article/detail/1864217/2011/03/23/Amerikaanse-militair-bekent-moord-op-Afghanen.dhtml

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Horrific: More Graphic Photos, Details About 'Kill Team' Emerge
By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd | Sourced from AlterNet
Posted at March 29, 2011, 7:27 am

The Pentagon has issued another apology for the actions of the Kill Team -- the 12 soldiers who
allegedly went on a civilian-killing spree in Afghanistan and kept photographs and human-flesh
trophies from it. But all the press releases and public statements in the world aren't enough to
dampen the horror, disgust and sorrow of the latest details to emerge.

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/542778/horrific%3A_more_graphic_photos%2C_details_about_%27kill_team%27_emerge/
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The Kill Team
By Mark Boal --- March 27, 2011 10:00 PM ET

How U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses – and how
their officers failed to stop them. Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime photos censored by the Pentagon

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-kill-team-20110327
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Controversial Florida Pastor Reneges
And Supervises Burning of Quran
March 21, 2011 --- 05:20 pm --- by Eyder Peralta

Pastors Terry Jones and Wayne Sapp

Last year, and to much publicity, Terry Jones, an evangelical preacher in Gainesville, Fla., threatened
to burn a Quran on Sept. 11. During the showdown, even President Barack Obama got involved. In
an interview with Good Morning America, the president pleaded with Jones not to do it.
"If he's listening," Obama said,
"I just hope he understands that what he's proposing to do is completely contrary to our values [as] Americans."

But, yesterday, during Dove World Outreach Center's Sunday service, without any publicity and under the
supervision of Jones, Pastor Wayne Sapp soaked a Quran in kerosene for an hour, held an event he said was a
"trial" for the Muslim holy book, and after the book was found guilty, Sapp set the Quran on fire using a
barbecue lighter.

The AFP reports that the book burned for about 10 minutes, while some onlookers took pictures.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/21/134743260/controversial-florida-pastor-reneges-and-supervises-burning-of-quran
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Zeven VN-medewerkers gedood bij lynchpartij Afghanistan

Bij een gewelddadige demonstratie in de Noord-Afghaanse stad Mazar-e Sharíf zijn zeven medewerkers van de Verenigde
Naties gedood. Vijf Afghanen kwamen om het leven.

Update 22:03 De VN houdt het dodental van haar medewerkers op zeven. Bekend is dat onder de doden een Noor, een
Zweed en vier Nepalezen zijn. Het vermeende brein achter de aanval is aangehouden.
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De demonstratie was gericht tegen een vermeende Koranverbranding door een conservatieve dominee in de
Amerikaanse staat Florida. De demonstranten bestormden het gebouw van de VN in de stad, schoten op bewakers en
stichtten brand in het complex.

http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/04/01/vn-medewerkers-gedood-bij-gewelddadig-protest-afghanistan/

Afghans Avenge Florida Koran Burning, Killing 12

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Stirred up by three angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran
at a Florida church, thousands of protesters on Friday overran the compound of the United Nations in this
northern Afghan city, killing at least 12 people, Afghan and United Nations officials said.

y ENAYAT NAJAFIZADA and ROD NORDLAND --- Published: April 1, 2011

In Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday, Afghans chanted anti-American slogans during a demonstration to condemn the
burning of a copy of the Muslim holy book by an American pastor.

The dead included at least seven United Nations workers — four Nepalese guards and three Europeans from Romania,
Sweden and Norway — according to United Nations officials in New York. One was a woman. Early reports, later denied
by Afghan officials, said that at least two of the dead had been beheaded. Five Afghans were also killed.

enzovoort , enzovoort

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/world/asia/02afghanistan.html?_r=1&hp

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/us/politics/02burn.html?ref=asia

"This Is not the Beginning of the End
for the International Community in Afghanistan -- This is the End"

By Joshua Holland | Sourced from AlterNet
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This is not the beginning of the end for the international community in Afghanistan. This is the end. Terry Jones
and others will continue to pull anti-Islam stunts and opportunistic extremists here will use those actions to incite attacks
against foreigners. Unless we, the internationals, want our guards to fire on unarmed protestors from now on, the day has
come for us to leave Afghanistan.

Dit is niet het begin van het einde voor de internationale gemeenschap in Afghanistan.
Dit is het einde. Terry Jones en anderen zullen hier blijven doorgaan met anti-islam stunts
en opportunistische extremisten hier zullen gebruik maken van deze acties om tot aanvallen
aan te zetten tegen buitenlanders. Tenzij wij, de internationals, willen dat onze bewakers op
ongewapende demonstranten gaan vuren van nu af aan, dan is voor ons de dag aangebroken
om Afghanistan te verlaten.

The death toll is still uncertain. Reuters is reporting 20 dead.


http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/546501/%22this_is_not_the_beginning_of_the_end_for_the_international_community_in_afghanistan_--_this_is_the_end%22/#paragraph5

The pastor's "Judge the Quran day" drew widespread international condemnation

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2011/04/2011427141984268.html

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Dit is die man die nog olie op het vuur gooit; ongeacht de gevolgen.

De volgende koranverbranding moet hij in Afghanistan gaan doen.
Is het gelijk de laatste keer.