This is a war and soldiers aren't there to kiss and hug these people.
What article in the UCMJ did they violate?
What do you think they would have done if they captured one of ours? They would have quartered him and dragged him in front of the media and then hung him up in the center of town and then put his head on the front of a Toyota like a dead deer !
Don't you also know the Taliban published instructions saying to claim they were beaten by Americans if they were ever caught and released? Don't you think our soldiers know this fact?
Finally, so what if they got a little rough..at least they didn't kill them !
Did you even read the article? These people were not Taliban or Al Qaeda. According to the article, "The Pentagon has acknowledged that the raids were conducted in error, apparently because of flawed intelligence, and that the prisoners were neither members of Al Qaeda nor Taliban fighters. Local officials put the death toll at 21; the Pentagon says at least 15 Afghans were killed."
These people are supposed to be our allies, get that through your head. Karzai is the Interim Afghan President and these people are his own tribesmen.