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From: Dan Tsang <dtsang@lib.uci.edu>
Date: Aug 20, 2006 11:17 AM
Subject: [Vsg] more coverage of US war crimes
The Los Angeles Times Sunday has another cover story on those declassified
Pentagon papers of war crimes in during the "American War".
A Tortured Past
Documents show troops who reported abuse in Vietnam were discredited even
as the military was finding evidence of worse.
By Deborah Nelson and Nick Turse, Special to The Times
August 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietnam20aug20,0,
4709695.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(with links to supporting documents)
Lasting Pain, Minimal Punishment
'Americans don't do things like this,' an officer thought when he learned
of three villagers' deaths. His shock grew when the soldier convicted
continued to serve.
By Deborah Nelson and Nick Turse, Special to The Times
August 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietside20
aug20,0,5101781.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(happened in Binh Dinh province)
About this report
August 20, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietbox20aug20,0,2
870099.story?coll=la-home-headlines
The website also links to these earlier articles:
VIETNAM: THE WAR CRIMES FILES
Civilian Killings Went Unpunished
Declassified papers show U.S. atrocities went far beyond My Lai.
By Nick Turse and Deborah Nelson, Special to The Times
August 6, 2006
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietnam6
aug06,0,6350517.story?coll=la-home-headlines
(with links to supporting documents)
VIETNAM: THE WAR CRIMES FILES
Verified Civilian Slayings
By Nick Turse, Deborah Nelson and Janet Lundblad
August 6, 2006
Decades-old Pentagon records show that Army criminal investigators
substantiated seven massacres of Vietnamese and Cambodian civilians by
U.S. soldiers in addition to the notorious 1968 My Lai massacre.
Here are summaries of three of those incidents, drawn from files of the
Vietnam War Crimes Working Group.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietcases6
aug06,0,5481260.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Photos:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-vietnam6
aug06,0,6350517.story?coll=la-home-headlines
dan
From: Matthew Steinglass <mattsteinglass@yahoo.com>
Date: Aug 20, 2006 9:39 PM
Subject: RE: [Vsg] more coverage of US war crimes
These are extraordinary articles.
Does anyone know of any research looking at what impressions of Americans
were left behind in areas where US forces committed frequent atrocities? It
might be interesting to write a follow-up on how the behavior of US troops
shapes long-term attitudes towards the US.
Matt Steinglass
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