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US special forces face new torture allegations in Afghanistan
Poor Hamid Karzai. Stuck between owing the occupiers a debt of gratitude for having propped him up and letting his clan amass great wealth these last twelve years, and at the same time having to convince his own people that he’s not a mere puppet of the west.
That’s a tough balancing act, and stories like this don’t make it any easier. Locals in Maidan Wardak province claim that US special forces are guilty of abducting residents in night raids who either disappear completely or turn up tortured to death.
Karzai has ordered the Americans out of the province, which might temporarily appease some of his citizens, but he is fully aware that the American troops are the only thing standing between him and the next Taliban government.
Once they’re gone, Karzai won’t be running for President; he’ll be running for Dubai.
2013-02-24 10:32:07
Source: http://theviewfromfallingdowns.blogspot.com/2013/02/us-special-forces-face-new-torture.html
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