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Ομάδες θανάτου CIA που σκοτώνουν με «την ατιμωρησία» στο Αφγανιστάν

Δευτέρα, 19η Μαΐου 2008

cia-killing.jpgΑπό Joe Kay | Ένας ανακριτής Ηνωμένων Εθνών δημόσιευσε μια προκαταρκτική έκθεση αναφέροντας την προηγούμενη εβδομάδα τους διαδεδομένους πολιτικούς θανάτους στο Αφγανιστάν, συχνά στα χέρια των ανεξήγητων μονάδων που οδηγήθηκαν από τη CIA ή άλλες ξένες αντιπροσωπείες νοημοσύνης.

Ο ανακριτής είναι ο Philip Alston, ένας Συμβουλίου πανεπιστημιακός καθηγητής της Νέας Υόρκης που χρησιμεύει ως ο πρόσθετος εισηγητής του Ηνωμένων Εθνών των ανθρώπινων δικαιωμάτων σχετικά με την εξωδικαστική, συνοπτική ή αυθαίρετη εκτέλεση. Η έκθεσή του παρέχει μια μερική αναλαμπή στις παράνομες ενέργειες των αντιπροσωπειών νοημοσύνης, που καταλαμβάνουν τις δυνάμεις, και την αφγανική αστυνομία, δεδομένου ότι επιδιώκουν να καταστείλουν την αντίθεση στο εμάς-οδηγημένο επάγγελμα και την εμάς-υποστηριγμένη κυβέρνηση.

Μια πιό λεπτομερής τελική έκθεση θα δημοσιευθεί αργότερα το έτος αυτό.

Το Alston εστίασε στις πολιτικές δολοφονίες από τις ΗΠΑ και άλλες διεθνείς στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις, αναφέροντας 200 αναφερόμενους θανάτους τους πρώτους τέσσερις μήνες του 2008. Αυτός ο αριθμός, εντούτοις, βασίστηκε στις ταξινομήσεις σε πίνακα από τα Ηνωμένα Έθνη και άλλους διεθνείς οργανισμούς, και είναι αναμφισβήτητα μια σοβαρή υποτίμηση.

Εκτός από τους πολίτες που σκοτώθηκαν στον αέρα που στόχευσε επιδρομή-συχνά αδιακρίτως σε πολιτικό κατοικία-Alston υπέβαλε έκθεση σχετικά με «διάφορες επιδρομές για τις οποίες καμία κράτος ή στρατιωτική εντολή δεν εμφανίζεται έτοιμο να αναγνωρίσει την ευθύνη.»

Σε μια συνέντευξη τύπου την Πέμπτη, Alston διαμορφούμενο, που λέει, «έχω μιλήσει με έναν μεγάλο αριθμό ανθρώπων σε σχέση με τη λειτουργία των ξένων μονάδων υπηρεσίας πληροφοριών. Δεν θέλω να τους ονομάσω αλλά είναι το ανώτερο επίπεδο των σχετικών θέσεων. Αυτές οι δυνάμεις λειτουργούν με αυτό που εμφανίζεται να είναι ατιμωρησία.» Η θέση των γεγονότων που αναφέρονται στην έκθεση δείχνει ότι οι αντιπροσωπείες νοημοσύνης εν λόγω περιλαμβάνουν τις πρόσθετες δυνάμεις διαδικασιών CIA ή των ΗΠΑ.

Η έκθεση ανέφερε μερικά γεγονότα ως παραδείγματα των εξωδικαστικών δολοφονιών. Ιανουαρίου 2008, δύο αδελφοί σκοτώθηκαν στην επαρχία Kandahar σε μια επιδρομή που οδηγήθηκε από το «διεθνές προσωπικό.» Το Alston διαπίστωσε ότι τα θύματα «αναγνωρίζονται ευρέως, ακόμη και από τους καλά πληροφορημένους κυβερνητικούς ανώτερους υπαλλήλους, για να μην έχουν καμία σύνδεση Taliban, και οι περιστάσεις των θανάτων τους είναι ύποπτες. Εντούτοις, όχι μόνο ήταν το Ι ανίκανο να πάρει οποιοδήποτε διεθνή στρατιωτικό διοικητή για να παρέχει την έκδοση αυτό που τους πραγματοποιήθηκε, αλλά ήμουν ανίκανος να πάρω οποιοδήποτε διεθνή στρατιωτικό διοικητή για ακόμη και να αναγνωρίσω ότι οι στρατιώτες τους περιλήφθηκαν.»

Άλλα γεγονότα περιέλαβαν τις επιδρομές από Αφγανούς που οδηγήθηκαν από την απροσδιόριστος «διεθνή υπηρεσία πληροφοριών» από τις βάσεις και στις επαρχίες Kandahar και Nangarhar.

“It is absolutely unacceptable for heavily-armed internationals accompanied by heavily-armed Afghan forces to be wandering around conducting dangerous raids that too often result in killings without anyone taking responsibility for them,” the report stated.

The British Independent newspaper provided some additional information. It noted, “A Western official close to the investigation said the secret units are still known as Campaign Forces, from the time when American Special Forces and CIA spies recruited Afghan troops to help overthrow the Taliban during the US-led invasion in 2001. ‘The brightest, smartest guys in these militias were kept on,’ the official said. ‘They were trained and rearmed and they are still being used.’”

The Independent went on to cite one incident involving British forces. “In Helmand, where most of Britain’s 7,800 troops are based, Special Forces were accused of slitting a man’s throat in a botched night raid last year. Security sources now claim the operation was mounted by a secret spy unit.”

Alston also reported on the actions of Afghan police. “They function not as enforcers of law and order, but as promoters of the interests of a specific tribe or commander,” he reported. He cited one incident in which Afghan police massacred a group from a rival tribe. There was no investigation by the government or the occupying forces. In another incident, police killed nine and wounded 42 unarmed protestors in Sheberghan in May 2007.

In general, he found little to no interest among US or Afghan officials in monitoring or following up on civilian deaths. “The level of complacency in response to these killings is staggeringly high,” he said.

At the press conference, he noted, “When I asked for the number of reported civilian casualties over the past year or so, I was told that those figures are either not available in Afghanistan—which I was told by several senior military people—or that they are secret and cannot be provided to me. When I asked for the results of certain cases, to ascertain whether those involved have been punished, I was told that no such information is available here in Afghanistan and that perhaps I should read the newspapers of the countries concerned.”

The fact that the CIA is involved in covert operations in Afghanistan is neither new nor surprising. Already by the 1970s, the CIA had developed ties to sections of the Afghan population, and in particular Islamic fundamentalist elements, in an effort to undermine the Soviet-backed government. Later, the CIA was heavily involved in developing ties to anti-Taliban warlords prior to the US invasion and occupation in 2001.

Following the invasion, Afghanistan—and in particular the Bagram Air Force Base near Kabul—became a transit point for prisoners captured by the United States and destined for Guantánamo Bay, secret CIA prisons, or US-allied countries that practice torture. US intelligence agencies were reportedly also involved in the interrogation of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

In 2005, US media reported on the operations of US-backed deaths squads in Iraq, deployed to kill suspected opponents of the US occupation. Yasser Salihee, a special correspondent for news agency Knight Ridder who was investigating the death squads, was killed with a bullet to the head in June of that year. Separate reports related how the US military had modeled Iraqi units on the death squads deployed in Central America during the 1980s to eliminate left-wing opposition to US policies.

While most of the CIA’s actions remain shrouded in secrecy, one CIA contractor was prosecuted for torturing an Afghan prisoner to death in 2003. The contractor, David Passaro, interrogated and beat the prisoner, Abdul Wali, for two days, injuring him so severely that he died two days later.

In a separate development, the New York Times reported on Saturday that the Pentagon is moving forward with the construction of a 40-acre prison complex at the Bagram military base. The current prison, as well as separate prisons run by the Afghans and by the US, are reportedly insufficient to hold the massive number of individuals swept up by the occupying forces.

The facility may also be used for prisoners currently detained in Guantánamo Bay. It will be designed to hold as many as 1,100 people.

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