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Saturday, November 26, 2005

Taliban corpse burnings report [US Army]
9:50 PM ET

Investigation into the Gumbad incident, executive summary, US Central Command [US Army investigation into US military burnings of the bodies of deceased Taliban fighters at Gumbad, Afghanistan, concluding that the bodies were burned for hygienic purposes and recommending disciplinary action without criminal charges as the soldiers involved were unaware their actions were wrong, as Islam bans cremation]. Released November 26, 2005. Read the full text of the executive summary [PDF] from US Central Command. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.



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