Pentagon refuses to reopen probe into alleged Vietnam War atrocities

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/us_vietnam_warcrimes

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Defense Department refused to reopen an investigation into suspected atrocities committed in Vietnam by a special US Army reconnaissance unit, despite new allegations of war crimes, including ghastly killings and torture of Vietnamese civilians.


"Absent new and compelling evidence, there are no plans to reopen the case," a Pentagon (news - web sites) spokesman said. "The case is more than 30 years old."


The statement came in response to an independent probe of the activities of so-called Tiger Force undertaken by The Toledo Blade newspaper both in the United States and Vietnam over the past eight months.


The investigation, which included more than 100 interviews, has concluded that the highly decorated platoon that operated in South Vietnam's central highlands as part of the 101st Airborne Division was possibly responsible for the murder of several hundred Vietnamese civilians in 1967.

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IMO they don't want to open up questions and comparisons. After all this is "more than 30 years old." Nothing like this could possibly happen today.