[kattracks]

The magazine said there was no suggestion that American forces in the area had any advance knowledge of the killings or had witnessed the prisoners being taken to their deaths. But Harvard University's Jennifer Leaning, an investigator, told the magazine, "The issue nobody wants to discuss is the involvement of U.S. forces. What did the U.S. know and when and where - and what did they do about it?"

Apparently there was no US involvement or the "rights" activists would have been screaming it from the rooftops, but let's talk about what the troops knew and when they knew it anyway. Anything to undermine the US.

Both the Northern Alliance and the Taliban have used "death by container" as a cheap means of mass murder in the past.

Before the US had anything to do with Afghanistan, Ms.Leaning!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Hundreds of Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners captured by Afghanistan's Northern Alliance last November were stuffed into sealed cargo containers and died of asphyxiation, U.N. and human-rights officials charge

Good ! but they missed the UN officials

[The Great Satan]

Most unfortunate, most unfortunate. They shall be missed, I'm sure.

[kattracks]

And furthermore,

after seeing this, the rights groups owe the US an apology for it's criticism of the treatment of the prisoners being held at Gitmo!

[exnavy]

If they are islamist jihadists, they are animal, not human.

[Texas_Jarhead]

"But Harvard University's Jennifer Leaning, an investigator, told the magazine, "The issue nobody wants to discuss is the involvement of U.S. forces. What did the U.S. know and when and where - and what did they do about it?"

Man, I get so sick of this crap. To borrow a phrase from this weekend reparations shin-dig, I'd like to slap her just for to improve my mental health.

[Brad C.]

After 24 hours in sealed containers, no one survived, one eyewitness told this week's edition of Newsweek magazine.

"They opened the doors and the dead bodies spilled out like fish," the eyewitness said. "All their clothes were ripped and wet."

Surviving prisoners have told investigators they licked and chewed each other's skin to stay alive, Newsweek reported.

Not a very reliable eye witness, I wonder why they bothered to include that in the report.

[Wondervixen]

Okay everybody, on three.

THREE

"BOO FRICKIN' HOO"

At least they didn't have to leap 100 floors, be incinerated, or buried under tons of rubble. Sure hope they liked their virgins.

[Cacique]

I bet you these are the same guys who reported the "mass genocide" in Kosovo. Now all we have to do is find all those empty mass graves.

[Cvengr]

If the US policy or even the mechanics of handling Taliban prisoners in the least bit promoted or condoned such behavior, we would not be witnessing $9.4 million dollar construction projects in Gitmo to provide their dwellings in captivity, nor their transport, not feeding, clothing, medical treatment, etc.etc.

Even an ISO container with running water, toilet ans HVAC would cost less.

[Caipirabob]

What is this? An article duplicated by the NYT from the Pakistani Press?

Even if it is true, well, cry me a river...

[Maelstrom]

bump

[Renegade]

Has the makings of a great ride at a new Disney East Theme Park.

[Kenton]

Dear ALY SUJO. Thanks for the interesting report.

Both the Northern Alliance and the Taliban have used "death by container" as a cheap means of mass murder in the past.

What you described is known in military parlance as "Payback". I believe that in the vernacular of the streets, you have just provided an example of the phrase "what goes around, comes around".

Personally, I consider this practice barbaric, but then the people we are dealing with are the closest things to true barbarians since the Visigoths. All of them. On both sides.

[SARCASM ON]

So unless you wish to be considered multiculturally incorrect, be careful before you condemn these noble savages for practicing their native customs.

Remember, all cultures are equal, it is not our place to judge... [SARCASM OFF]

[Destructor]

"Hundreds of Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners captured by Afghanistan's Northern Alliance last November were stuffed into sealed cargo containers and died of asphyxiation, U.N. and human-rights officials charge."

Those individuals that were executed won't commit any more acts of terror. Some how this death pales in comparison to the way the innocent civilians died in the World Trade Center attack!

[genefromjersey]

Hark !

Hark to the sound of the World's Smallest Violin-
being played by a tiny mosquito !

Could it be ? Yes ! It is ! My Heart Cries for You !

[DH]

"We are human, not animals."

Oh yes you ARE!

[ALASKA]

This is an outrage!!!! Those cargo containers were probably rendered unusable until they were scrubbed out and disinfected. Who is going to pay for that? Where is the public out-cry?

[Junior]

Shoulda thought of that before you started it, folks!

[DonQ]

Other news reports have filled in a small gap in the reporting: How did the Northern Alliance get these airless containers? - They were lying around because, previously, the Taliban had those same containers and had used them to pen up and suffocate their prisoners and enemies. Of course, when the Taliban were using them, the UN and the Red Cross didn't give a rat's rump.

You'll notice that the UN and Red Cross didn't show much interest in Americans being held by the North Vietnamese during the Vietnam War, nor have they ever shown such interest in the disappearance of Israeli soldiers captured by Syria.

Wake me up when captured Taliban are made to jump out of 100th floor windows. In the meantime, feed them Alpo and Spam and I don't care what happens to them, except, of course, if they ever escape.