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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: 'Massacre could force US out from Afghanistan in weeks' Speaking to CNN recently, retired Major General James A. Marks, the senior intelligence officer during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, said that the fallout from last weekend's massacre could force a withdrawal from Afghanistan in a matter of weeks. "It's not inconceivable that that could happen," Marks said, noting that Afghan President Hamid Karzai's demand for occupation troops to remain confined to bases could dramatically change the mission. Karzai demanded NATO confine its troops on Thursday, during a meeting with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Panetta has been among the officials who insist that there will be no policy changes because of the massacre. But they may not have a choice in the matter, as reports emerge that the Afghan parliament unanimously passed a resolution to abandon the current agreed upon terms of engagement for U.S. troops (the Afghan War's equivalent of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA)), and is just waiting for Karzai to sign it. The resolution was passed because the U.S. claimed the massacre suspect, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, was immune from Afghan prosecution for the killings. antiwar.com HIGHLIGHTS An Army soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians was not drunk but doesn't remember what happened and is in shock, his attorney told CBS News on Monday. cnn.com The top U.S. commander for Afghanistan told lawmakers on Tuesday that an investigation is under way into the command climate surrounding the sergeant accused in the shooting massacre of 16 Afghan civilians. This is separate from the criminal investigation into the killings, allegedly committed by Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. msnbc.msn.com Gen. John Allen, in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, revealed the investigation will look into the command and control process, how and why Bales was assigned to the Special Operations Village stability mission and what the combat relationships were within that unit. msnbc.msn.com Bales, 38, of Lake Tapps, Wash., has not been charged yet in the March 11 shooting spree. He was deployed to Afghanistan in December. maximumnewsinformer.com U.S. military officials said they still expect him to be charged later this week. The charges will be released by the U.S. military in Afghanistan, they said. maximumnewsinformer.com FACTS & FIGURES A member of the Afghan parliamentary investigation team into last weekend's massacre of civilians, Kandahar MP Naheem Lalai Hameedzai, says that the probe has concluded the massacre was carried out by a team of U.S. soldiers, and not a lone individual. forums.canadiancontent.net "All the villagers that we talked to said there were 15 to 20 men who had conducted a night raid operation in several areas in the village," Hameedzai said, adding that the targets in the massacre villages were at least four kilometers north and south of the base. antiwar.com The U.S. has insisted that only one person, Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, wandered off base and committed the entire massacre in a drunken rampage. Bales has been taken out of Afghanistan, and U.S. officials told the team that an agreement with the Karzai government made U.S. soldiers immune to trial inside Afghanistan. Karzai also accused the U.S. of not cooperating with the probe. antiwar.com SM/KA Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 2.
#1. To: Tatarewicz (#0)
If this was an "operation," I gotta ask myself who benefits when trying to figure out who pushed the button, 'cause their just aren't any fingerprints here if all you got to rely on are print sources. Is it administration pinko operators who want to shut this thing down so they have the dough and resources for their own projects? Is it the war party that needs the troops elsewhere? Something smells, and it ain't the trash I took out this morning.
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