[A-List] More Carnage In West's Afghan Colony

[Rick Rozoff <r_rozoff@xxxxxxxxx>]

1) Southern Afghanistan: Five Government Troops
Injured In Mine Explosion
2) Paktia: Six Occupation Soldiers Killed In Attack
3) Landmine Aimed At US, Government Troops Kills Three
Afghan Children
4) US, Allies Launch Second Phase Of Campaign To
Disarm 100,000 Anti-Taliban Afghan Militia
5) US Warplanes, Helicopter Gunships Violate
Pakistan's Air Space...Again
6) NATO Obligation: Turkey Supplies More Helicopters,
Military Personnel For Occupied Afghanistan
7) Afghans Fearful Of Registering Complaints Over
Deaths, Torture, Raids, Sexual Abuse
8) For Service To The Empire: Afghan 'President'
Awarded Philadelphia Liberty Medal, Given $100,000
Bribe


1)
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_788386,00050004.htm

Associated Press
May 28, 2004


Five Afghan soldiers hurt in explosion, three Taliban
suspects arrested


Kandahar - Police have arrested three Taliban suspects
on Friday after a remote-controlled explosive wounded
five Afghan soldiers on a road in a southern province,
a senior officer said.
The pickup truck the soldiers were travelling in was
wrecked in the blast, which took place in the Sozyan
area of Uruzgan province. "It was a remote-controlled
mine. The vehicle was totally damaged. It was the good
luck of our soldiers that they weren't killed and only
wounded," said Rozi Khan, Uruzgan province police
chief.

Police surrounded the area after the attack and
arrested three suspected Taliban rebels, he said,
adding that an investigation was under way.

Rebel supporters of the former ruling Taliban regime
launch frequent attacks on security forces in the
south and east of Afghanistan.
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2)
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=66252

Pakistan Tribune
May 29, 2004


Six allied troops killed during gunbattle in Paktia
FC patrolling party under rocket attack in Panjgoor


MIRAN SHAH - At least six allied troops were shot dead
by unknown assailants in Paktia province of
Afghanistan on Friday during a fierce gunbattle in the
border area.

The allied patrolling party came under fire when it
was patrolling Mazgadeti area in Paktia province. Some
unknown attackers used rockets and heavy machine guns
during the attack that resulted in destroying two
armoured vehicles and killing six allied troops.

The allied troops also killed four of the attackers
after occupying positions. US Apache helicopters and
bombard planes also appeared at the scene of attack
after receiving information about the attack. It is
also said that the US Apache helicopters also entered
Pakistani aerial jurisdiction but went back following
calling off the attack.

Meanwhile, Unidentified terrorists hurled four rockets
at Frontier Constabulary patrolling party near
Panjgoor on Friday .

Reports reached here from the area reveal that some
terrorists fired four RP-7 rockets at FC patrolling
party in Panjgoor, however, the rockets missed their
targets.

FC personnel mounted a counterattack but the accused
managed to escape. No FC man was reported dead or
injured in the rocket attack. The local administration
has taken charge of the matter and started
investigation.
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3)
http://frontierpost.com.pk/topstories.asp#32

Frontier Post (Pakistan)
May 28, 2004

Landmine kills Afghan children

ISLAMABAD (Agencies): A landmine planted by suspected
fighters to target US and Afghan troops killed three
children and wounded another in Afghanistan's troubled
southern province of Kandahar, a news report said on
Friday. The landmine went off Thursday evening on the
main road in the Shor Andam area, which is primarily
used by US-led coalition and Afghan forces to gain
access to the aiport in Kandahar city, the AIP said. A
military spokesman told reporters in Kandahar it was a
newly-planted mine laid by Taliban remnants to target
two Afghan commanders who use this road for travel to
the airport.
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4)
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en66119&F_catID=&f_type=source

Hi Pakistan
May 28, 2004

Second phase of disarmament process launched in
Afghanistan


ISLAMABAD: Second phase of disarmament, Demobilization
and Reintegration (DDR) process has been started in
Afghanistan's province of Kunduz.

According to Voice of America (VOA), so far one
thousand people have surrendered their weapons in this
DDR process.

The reintegration process will enable the Kunduz
officials to disarm some three thousands armed men
there. The DDR process started from the 54th division
in Kunduz.

The Commander of this division Mir Alam said that now
there is no need of arms as the coutnry has a settled
constitution and the peace process has been on the way
with the assistance of international community.

He promised that as for as the process of disarmament
exists in Afghanistan, he is ready to surrender his
arms.

About the disarmament and reintegration process in the
Northern Afghanistan by the Afghan Defence Ministry,
Brigadier General Muhammad Daud Andrabi said that all
the demands of the people have been fulfilled with the
help of International Community.

He said that regional commanders have lot of arms, but
they had lack of human resources to keep these arms.
Gen Andrabi said that they have disarmed these people
in second phase, who were linked with Defence Ministry
and were volunteers.

These were called as the Mujahideen and fighters by
the defence ministry and they had their documents with
them. He added that they will disarm all these people
who are former militiamen and were included in armed
forces.
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5)
http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/may2004-daily/29-05-2004/main/main3.htm

Jang (Pakistan)
May 29, 2004


US warplanes, ?copters violate Pak airspace
By our correspondent


MIRANSHAH: US warplanes and Apache helicopters
violated Pakistan?s air space near Shawal area of the
tribal belt on Pak-Afghan border in the North
Waziristan Agency hours after a flag meeting among US,
Pakistani and Afghan officials at Lawara Mandi on
Thursday evening, in which the US military officers
regretted violation of Pakistan?s territorial
jurisdiction and promised not to repeat the same in
future.

Reports reaching from across the border suggest that
pro-Taliban attackers targeted coalition forces?
military base at Mangriti area of Birmal district in
Afghanistan?s Paktika province on Thursday night.

According to the locals, the cross-firing between the
attackers and the coalition forces continued for hours
resulting in death or injuries to at least five
coalition troops and four fighters. The claim,
however, has not been verified by the coalition
sources.

Local Afghan and Pakistani tribesmen residing on the
border confirmed that four of the attackers, believed
to have been killed by coalition forces, hailed from
Paktika province.

Firing between the two sides, the sources said,
continued till late in the night prompting the
coalition forces to call in helicopters and warplanes
to pound the area on the Afghan side of the border.

"The coalition helicopters and warplanes intruded at
least three kilometres into Pakistan?s air space on
Thursday night in Shawal," a government official
deputed in the border area as part of the search
operation, disclosed.

Tribal sources also claimed that two military vehicles
of the coalition forces had been destroyed in the
attack. Again there was no independent verification of
the same.
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6)
http://www.rferl.org/newsline/6-swa.asp

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
May 28, 2004

TURKEY PROMISES HELICOPTERS AND PERSONNEL TO AFGHAN
MISSION


Turkey announced in a 27 May statement from the
General Staff that it will provide additional
assistance to the NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF), the Turkish news agency
Ankara Anatolia reported. Turkey will send three
helicopters and 56 flight and maintenance personnel to
Afghanistan on 29 May as part of its contribution to
ISAF as a NATO member. The General Staff statement
called for support for the Afghan government and the
establishment of "internal stability...in order to
restore peace and security for the Afghan people."
Turkey commanded ISAF from June 2002 until February
2003, when it handed the task over to Germany and the
Netherlands. KM
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7)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-5-2004_pg4_10

Agence France-Presse
May 28, 2004

Many complaints against US in Afghanistan ?unspoken?

* Afghan rights body says illiterate and isolated
citizens are unwilling or unable to lodge their
protests


-Families have complained of members being arrested
and never heard from again, others complain of
civilian deaths and injuries in American bombings, and
some at the midnight intrusion of soldiers into their
homes.
-"In some cases maybe people are afraid. Some of the
people don?t know if they can go and complain, and
maybe there is a perception that the government is
supported by the US so maybe they (the government)
don?t listen...."
-[O]ne of the complaintants, a former police colonel,
told AFP he was stoned, beaten, deprived of sleep and
asked which animal he would like to have sex with by
his American guards.



KABUL: Many complaints against US soldiers in
Afghanistan remain unspoken, with illiterate and
isolated citizens unwilling or unable to lodge their
protests, according to the country?s main rights
organisation.

As the furore rages over the alleged abuse of Afghan
and Iraqi prisoners in US custody, some 40 other
criticisms against the American military and the way
they conduct their fight against Taliban and Al Qaeda
insurgents have been lodged with the Afghan
Independent Human Rights Commission. Families have
complained of members being arrested and never heard
from again, others complain of civilian deaths and
injuries in American bombings, and some at the
midnight intrusion of soldiers into their homes.

Three deaths in US custody in Afghanistan are being
investigated by the US, two of which date back as far
as December 2002. Two more deaths were revealed by
Pentagon officials in Washington last week, but little
other information has been given out. Of 44 complaints
against the US-led coalition reported to the
commission, three concern prisoner abuse.

Commissioner Ahmad Nader Nadery believes these are the
tip of the iceberg.?For sure there are more
complaints,? Nadery told AFP in an interview this
week.

?In some cases maybe people are afraid. Some of the
people don?t know if they can go and complain, and
maybe there is a perception that the government is
supported by the US so maybe they (the government)
don?t listen. Which is not the case.? Some Afghans
might not be able to travel to one of the commission?s
provincial offices to lodge a complaint.

Other people simply see military searches and
aggression as a part of life after more than two
decades of war, he said. Commission member Ahmad Zia
Langari told AFP that many cases may never emerge.
?There might be more cases but people, considering the
Afghan traditions and culture, have not told us,? he
said.

The US-led coalition now numbers some 20,000 troops in
Afghanistan, the vast majority being US troops. Many
complaints of general aggression by US troops have
been received, primarily in the southeastern city of
Gardez which covers the Pakistan border provinces of
Khost and Paktika where the US-led force is deployed
in strength.

The complaints ?deal with the way they have been
treated while in custody, families who have not heard
from their captured relatives, coalition forces
entering by force into homes,? commission member Farid
Hamidi said. ?Afghans have their own culture and they
don?t allow men to search females but during the
searches this happens, in some cases... and that is
something against Afghan culture.?

The commission will not reveal details about the
prisoner abuse cases.

However one of the complaintants, a former police
colonel, told AFP he was stoned, beaten, deprived of
sleep and asked which animal he would like to have sex
with by his American guards.

The commission has been denied access to US detention
centres in Afghanistan.

It has already raised concerns over two US bombing
raids in December in which 15 children plus two other
civilians died in the southeastern areas of Ghazni and
Paktia.
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8)
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en66136&F_catID=&f_type=source

Hi Pakistan
May 28, 2004

Afghan President wins US Liberty Medal


WASHINGTON: President Hamid Karzai will receive the
2004 Philadelphia Liberty Medal, given to those
demonstrating leadership in the pursuit of freedom.

The award, which comes with a $100,000 prize, is given
each July 4 at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by
the non-profit, non-political Philadelphia Foundation.


Martin Meyerson, chairman of the medal's International
Selection Commission, says it has always been awarded
to world leaders of great courage, vision and faith in
the future.

"The Afghan leader abundantly exhibits those cherished
qualities," he added.







	
		
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