Now, it's burning dead bodies. An Australian tv station showed what looks like our soldiers burning the bodies of two Taliban fighters. Muslims consider cremation a sacrilege. Is this a more extreme case of throwing the Koran down the toilet? I suppose one could say that this is psychological warfare; and maybe it is. But it also probably is a violation of the Geneva Convention, which calls for honorably burying the dead.
The Army says it will investigate aggressively as does the Afghan Defense Ministry.
At the same time, you read an interview with Powell's former chief of staff, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who says with reference to Abu Gharaib, "You don't have this kind of pervasive attitude out there unless you've condoned it."
If the allegation proves true, will any higher-up be tried for it? Past experience says no.
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