The Afghan War
Also see: “At least 1,424 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001″ | Wash. Post | April 12, 2011 .
Related: "American war crimes 2004-2009" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfPSp_axxc ; "Americans kill children.
By: James Cogan The Nation | January 6, 2011 2010 was the bloodiest year of the now nine-year conflict in Afghanistan and the tribal border regions of Pakistan.
Chris Mcgreal
US military investigates 'death squad' accused of murdering Afghans By Chris McGreal The Guardian | December 29, 2010 The US military is investigating the leadership of an army brigade whose soldiers are accused of running a "kill team" that murdered Afghan civilians, as further evidence emerges of widespread complicity in the deaths.
" ... In one example, the report quoted a Taliban supporter in the central province of Wardak as saying that f.
Related: "Louis Berger Group Chairman Derish Wolff Subject of U.S. Probe" "...Salomon said he was asked to li.
Craig Whitlock
By Craig Whitlock Washington Post | November 9, 2010 Staff Sgt. Calvin R. Gibbs JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, .
Members of a ‘kill team’ have been accused of murdering civilians Andrew Purcell in New York Scotland Herald | October 3, 2010 The United States military is struggling to contain a war crimes scandal that has the potential to be the most damaging since revelations of detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2004.
Craig Whitlock
" ... Vickers is a holdover from the Bush administration. He worked closely with Gates at the CIA in the 1980s.