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  • JOURNALIST WHO FILMED BURNING TALIBAN BODIES SAYS MEDIA GOT IT WRONG

    10/22/2005 7:41:25 PM PDT · by freedom4me · 69 replies · 2,710+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | 10-22-05 | Noel Sheppard
    There has been a lot of outrage in the media concerning the burning of a couple of dead, Taliban fighters in Afghanistan in early October. Yet, the Australian journalist who videotaped the proceedings, Stephen Dupont, stated in an interview on National Public Radio yesterday that he believed the bodies were burned purely for reasons of hygiene when the local villagers refused to retrieve them, and that the American soldiers didn't do anything wrong. Go to bareknucklepolitics.com and follow the link to the NPR interview.
  • Army Investigates Burning Of Taliban Corpses In Afghanistan

    10/20/2005 5:57:38 AM PDT · by Hadean · 28 replies · 879+ views
    MTV.com ^ | 10/20/2005 | Gil Kaufman
    The Army has launched a criminal investigation following allegations that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of two dead Taliban fighters and used the charred corpses in a propaganda campaign against insurgent forces. According to The New York Times, video shown on the Australian TV show "Dateline" on Wednesday night depicts what is described as an American psychological operations team broadcasting taunts over a loudspeaker in the direction of a village thought to be sheltering Taliban fighters in an attempt to lure the fighters out into the open. A transcript of the show posted on the Special Broadcasting Service...