Amnesty Criticizes U.S. for Afghan Deaths

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=716&e=6&u=/ap/20031201/ap_on_re_as/afghan_us_deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan - Amnesty International criticized the U.S. military on Monday for failing to announce the results of a criminal investigation into the deaths of two Afghans at a prison inside Bagram air base a year ago.

The two men died about a week apart while in U.S. custody at the base north of Kabul, the Afghan capital, and official autopsies concluded their deaths were homicides.

The U.S. Army then announced a separate criminal investigation, but no reports on its progress or conclusions have been made public, Amnesty said.

The deceased were Mullah Habibullah, about 30 years old, who died on Dec. 3, 2002, and a 22-year-old Afghan taxi driver, Dilawar, who died on Dec. 10, 2002. The U.S. autopsy reports found "blunt force injuries" in both cases. Like many Afghans, Dilawar only had one name.

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1. lalala, the army isn't listening

"Asked about the Amnesty report, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said in Bagram on Saturday, "I accept that people under custody died here. I deny that they were mistreated." "

The official autopsies said it was homicide! Has this man been trying the locla opium?