rediff.com News
      HOME | US EDITION | REPORT
November 29, 2001
 US city pages

  - Atlanta
  - Boston
  - Chicago
  - DC Area
  - Houston
  - Jersey Area
  - Los Angeles
  - New York
  - SF Bay Area


 US yellow pages

 Archives

 - Earlier editions 

 Channels

 - Astrology 
 - Cricket
 - Money
 - Movies
 - Women 
 - India News
 - US News

  Call India
   Direct Service

 • Save upto 60% over
    AT&T, MCI
 • Rates 29.9¢/min
   Select Cities



   Prepaid Cards

 • Mumbai 24¢/min
 • Chennai 33¢/min
 • Other Cities




 India Abroad
Weekly Newspaper

  In-depth news

  Community Focus

  16 Page Magazine
For 4 free issues
Click here!
 Search the Internet
         Tips
 Links: Terror in America
E-Mail this report to a friend
Print this page Best Printed on  HP Laserjets

US turning a blind eye to Northern Alliance atrocities: Reports

Ajit Jain in Toronto

There's a growing concern that the United States is turning its blind eye to atrocities being committed by the Northern Alliance against the Taleban, especially against foreigners, mostly Pakistanis, Arabs and Chechens, who have fought for the Taleban.

"The United States has turned a blind eye to what's going on," said Peter Rosenthal, University of Toronto law professor.

"There's been a signal to the Northern Alliance they can do what they want (with prisoners)," he added.

Therefore, at peace talks in Germany, Northern Alliance leaders have to be emphatically told by the United Nations and other groups, that they are committing atrocities and that must be stopped, he said.

In an editorial Toronto Star pointed out the Northern Alliance 'have summarily executed wounded foreign Taleban prisoners in Kunduz, and killed 100 Taleban at a Mazar-e-Sharif school as they reportedly tried to surrender'.

"This anarchy is troubling to Canadians, and surely to the rest of the world. Rather than wink at Northern Alliance crimes, as (US) Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seemed to do yesterday, Washington should join the United Nations in warning that alliance leaders undermine their claim to leadership by tolerating anarchy and murder..." the Canadian daily argued.

"The implication that a dead enemy is better than a live one will not have been lost on the murderous warlords of the Alliance," wrote the Times of London.

"If they think they can get away with killing their Taleban prisoners, they will do so," the daily said.

America's War on Terror: The Complete Coverage
The Attack on US Cities: The Complete Coverage

The Terrorism Weblog: Latest Stories from Around the World

External Link:
For further coverage, please visit www.saja.org/roundupsept11.html

Back to top

Tell us what you think of this report

ADVERTISEMENT      
NEWS | MONEY | SPORTS | MOVIES | CHAT | CRICKET | SEARCH
ASTROLOGY | CONTESTS | E-CARDS | NEWSLINKS | ROMANCE | WOMEN
SHOPPING | BOOKS | MUSIC | PERSONAL HOMEPAGES | FREE EMAIL| MESSENGER | FEEDBACK