3/11 – Afghans Will Never Forget:
Documenting American Imperialist Crimes
04 April 2012
By Tabish Qayyum
Here comes the defining moment in Afghanistan's
infamous war; 11 deadly years of violence that has
jeopardized the entire region seems closer to a
reverse tide as US faces a deadly situation post
recent ‘massacre' by its rogue staff sergeant at the
pre-dawn of 11th March. Sixteen Afghan civilians
including 9 children and women along with elderly men
were killed being shot in the face at point-blank
range. Corpses were later burnt allegedly by some
highly inflammable chemical. This crater for US forms
very close to an already dark abyss where US policies
fell last month after the burning of Holy Qur'an,
resulting in deadly reprisals and anti-American
sentiment taking strong hold in every nook and corner
of Afghanistan.
The ‘terrorist' belonged to Lewis Mc-Chord which is
considered as one of the largest American military
installation in US with a horrendous reputation of
violence, "The most troubled US base ever" as a
military site "stars and stripes" calls it. Some of
the soldiers deputed by this facility were involved in
civilian killings in Afghanistan back in 2010. Four to
five soldiers were convicted of one of the most brutal
charges where one of the convicted staff sergeant
acknowledged cutting out fingers and tooth of the
victim to keep them as war trophies. Suicide rates due
to post-traumatic stress disorder are also high at
this base which has largely been involved in violence
both domestic and in war-theatres outside US. Recently
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry division of this base sent
about 2,500 soldiers to Afghanistan in December for a
yearlong deployment. The brigade had deployed to Iraq
three times since 2003; this is its first deployment
to Afghanistan.
The alleged assassin was deputed with special-forces
in Kandahar along Navy-Seals or Green Beret units for
village stability missions for first time after his
three ventures in Iraq. His precision in firing on the
fore-heads of children flattens the assertions of
‘being drunk' or having ‘mental ailments' as no
soldier is recruited after routine medical check-ups.
As reported he later returned to the base and is being
held by fellow authorities.
This brutality was carried out at the Alokozai
village, in the Zangawat area of Panjwayi district
near 3:00 a.m. when an alleged group of US Special
force was out for the bloodiest of murders ever in the
history of Afghanistan. According to live accounts and
eye witnesses multiple weapon sounds were heard,
including pistols and machine gun bursts
simultaneously. The houses attacked are at least 2
miles apart and it becomes literally impossible for a
single gunman to kill and burn people in one house and
then run few kilometres to do the same thing again.
Eleven dead belonged to a same family and nine of the
victims were children, including infants found soaked
in blood close to the bodies of their mothers. Afghan
sources in Pajwayi claim to have photographs of
half-burnt bodies of women and children as
blood-spattered walls and floors have already been
aired in the media.
Some local villagers have reported seeing two groups
of soldiers. The Afghan defence ministry also believes
in its initial assessment that there is a possibility
of one or more soldiers being involved.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai also believes in the
possibilities of more than one soldier as he quotes in
his statement a 15-year old survivor ‘Rafiullah' as
telling him in a phone call that ‘soldiers' raided the
house and woke up his family members before shooting
at them.
‘This is an assassination, an intentional killing of
innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven', Karzai
said despite calls of condolences and shock from Obama,
Pannetta and Jhon Allen.
Everything seems to be falling apart for US
strategists as they claimed to have made significant
progress in negotiations for a strategic Partnership
Agreement allowing US Special Forces and advisers to
stay in Afghanistan for an indefinite period in order
to protect the region from falling into chaos once the
combat foreign forces leave in 2014. The agreement has
apparently been delayed after this attack which saw a
detention centre being handed over to Afghan
authorities as its first phase or achievement.
"This could delay the signing of the Strategic
Partnership Agreement," an Afghan government official
told Reuters.
The purposeless and unending war has turned the
‘pampered soldiers' into humiliated zombies fighting
for a respectable exit in a lost war which becomes
impossible to achieve after this single incident. Each
day of Afghan war theatre draws near a dramatic and
unimaginable end for US and her allies that ransacked
an already war-torn country, in fact a nation
deliberately left in chaos post-soviet war in 80's by
the same ‘Super-power' that once claimed to be friends
of Afghans.
Afghans have rendered enough sacrifices during the
past decades, especially this last one. Their land was
occupied, bombed by B-52's; their men were brutally
killed and taken to prisons around the world. Millions
of Afghans have already lost their lives and loved
ones at the hands of invaders who not only killed
them, but disrespected their culture, heritage and
values and above all their religion by desecrating the
Holy Qur'an. As if death was not satisfying for the
ego of the aggressors, there have been incidents where
bodies were mutilated, urinated and devil-danced upon
by ‘exceptional forces' as Obama calls them.
Latest, was an episode of unmatched abhorrence and
disregard to poor Afghans who have always stood strong
at the helm of tyranny. No word in dictionary can
define and no word can repent this bloody night
imposed on innocent Afghans sleeping peacefully only
to be disturbed for few minutes of bloody nightmare;
back to eternal sleep. One wonders what's coming next
for US and its forces as the hatred and vengeance has
not only infused in ordinary Afghans, but apparently
their own stooges in the government and trained army
are uttering words of fire, blood and vendetta.
Heart wrenching stories continue to flow out of
Kandahar explaining accounts of this gruesome and
unforeseen bloody rampage, shaking the core
foundations of humanity and leaving no doubts in the
mind of world about the psychological condition as a
result of legitimate Afghan resistance against
occupation forces in Afghanistan.
Presidential statement from Karzai's office has termed
this incident as "unforgivable", Taliban as expected
have vowed for decisive response and termed the US
forces as, "Sick Savages" liable to be killed wherever
found and the already boiling blood of ordinary
Afghan's on the issue of burning Qur'an has now turned
into a volcano whose ashes are easy visible from the
balconies of white-house.
A republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said
in an interview to the "Fox News" that it was time for
U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan. He considered the
mission in Afghanistan as "undoable".
"It's very likely that we have lost — tragically lost
the lives and suffered injuries to a considerable
number of young Americans on a mission that we're
going to discover is not doable," he said, adding in
an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" that the U.S.
doesn't have the "willpower" or the "capacity" to
"fundamentally change the region.
Tragedy of Kandahar will always be remembered as the
most brutal face of oppression. US forces have long
taken motivation from their ‘9/11 we will never
forget' phrase; and 3/11, Afghans will never forget!
©
EsinIslam.Com
Add Comments