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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Think the Afghanis will buy this?

Remember the story from the embedded Australian cameraman about the burning of two Afghan bodies? The shocking thing he caught on tape was the broadcast by psy-ops troops where they "incited the Taleban" by blasting insults through loudspeakers while burning the bodies. Well, it appears no one did anything wrong, so everybody can just forget it ever happened.

The U.S.-led coalition's operational commander, Maj. Gen. Jason Kamiya, said two junior officers who ordered the bodies burned would be reprimanded for showing a lack of cultural and religious understanding, but that the men had been unaware at the time of doing anything wrong.

Kamiya also said two noncommissioned officers would be reprimanded for using the burning of the bodies to taunt the rebels. The two men also would face nonjudicial punishments, which could include a loss of pay or demotion in rank.

Think the Afghanis are gonna buy that?

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