War Crimes and the White House: The Bush Administration's Cover-Up of the Dasht-e-Leili Massacre

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has issued a call for a criminal probe in the wake of a major New York Times story by James Risen with new evidence that the Bush Administration impeded at least three federal investigations into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan in 2002. ("U.S. Inaction Seen After Taliban P.O.W.s Died" - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/wHwpc)

PHR is calling for the Department of Justice to investigate why the Bush Administration impeded an FBI criminal probe of the alleged Dasht-e-Leili massacre.

According to US government documents obtained by PHR, as many as 2,000 surrendered Taliban fighters were reportedly suffocated in container trucks by Afghan forces operating jointly with the US in November 2001. The bodies were reportedly buried in mass graves in the Dasht-e-Leili desert near Sheberghan, Afghanistan. Notorious Afghan warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum, who was reportedly on the CIA payroll, is allegedly responsible for the massacre.

This video, detailing nearly eight years of advocacy and investigation by Physicians for Human Rights, explores the events surrounding the massacre and subsequent cover-up.

Featuring Physicians for Human Rights' CEO Frank Donaghue, Campaign Against Torture Director Nathaniel Raymond, and Deputy Director Susannah Sirkin. Written, directed, and narrated by Jared Voss.

For more information and to sign our petition calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to let the FBI do its job, visit http://AfghanMassGrave.org.

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[Ali Omar]

Dasht Lily is not the crime of just one person, the famous criminal, blood sucker ( Abdul Rashied Dustom) . This is the crime of all the Northern Alliance leadesr and shame on the US government to work with the Northern Alliance and claim US is the supporter of Democracy!!

[M82400L]

"A new administration is in the White House, and the prison at Guantanamo Bay will soon be closed..." LOL!!! ...SUCKER!

[Bosco Dantas]

In the name of America freedom

[sharmarke hollow]

its only War Crimes when Jews and caucasian race are killed.

sarcasm

[jackpitaji]

hats off to u syrian girl .

[100001091057100001]

dostam looks like hazara, anyway, victim of racism or discrimination have revenge mind.

cfr always anywhere adopt those ppl and give them money and power.

so,

they become ruthless cruel disguising ruler for cfr.

[zhrmod]

Why compare Saddam to Bush? Compare Saddam to Dostum as both are "Leutenants" for the Bushed "Al-Capone"

[gangster3591]

Lets see:

"believed to have been murdered",

"the Times reports"

"alleged mass grave sites in Afghanistan"

"surrendered Taliban fighters reportedly suffocated by Afghan forces operating with US"

What proof of Bush administration "war crimes", PHRvideo? Naturally you have none. You're just another moron leveling charges against the U.S. government without proof, or even the backing of serious evidence.

A big thumbs down, asshole