it’s mind-boggling that people don’t make a connection between the devastation of a country by 30 yrs of imperial wars plus a decade-long psychopathic military occupation and out of control, murderous mob behavior. get real.
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Friday’s demonstrations in Afghanistan also came against the backdrop of growing anti-American sentiment, aggravated by the war-crimes case against five U.S. soldiers, members of the 5th Stryker Brigade, based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma.
The self-styled “kill team” is accused of killing at least three Afghan civilians in Kandahar Province last year.
On Thursday, as gruesome photos of the American soldiers posing with the corpses of victims began circulating in Afghanistan after being published in Rolling Stone magazine, Karzai denounced the killings and the photos and demanded those responsible be punished. More here.