The U.S. possibly covered up evidence relating to the the attack on the Afghan wedding and village. Discussed earlier here, as well.
The investigation isn’t a result of Clintonites looking for satisfaction. The U.N. is heading this up. There were 48 people killed and 117 wounded.
U.S. forces had also committed human rights violations by tying up the hands of women at the scene, the paper said.
In a statement provided to the Times, a U.N. spokesman said that the report contained judgments that were not sufficiently substantiated and that a comprehensive report was being finalized and that would provide a more detailed and accurate pattern.
How long will we allow our military to operate in Afghanistan with a free pass to kill anything that moves? How long are we going to support this ambiguous campaign? How long are we going to trust the White House, Ashcroft, and the military to behave in a properly, gentlemanly, and orderly manner? Do we even know what/whom we are now chasing? Finally is it up to history to hold oversight in this matter or, has the Bush administration so deftly side-stepped responsibility in this matter in front of the world, that there is no oversight authority? (via metafilter).