War crimes

Afghanistan: US soldiers charged over 鈥榢ill squad鈥

鈥淭welve American soldiers face charges over a secret 鈥榢ill team鈥 that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies鈥, the September 9 Guardian said. 鈥淔ive of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for sport in separate attacks this year.鈥 The other seven are charged with helping to cover up these atrocities and assaulting a soldier who exposed the murders, the Guardian said.

John Pilger: Tony Blair must be prosecuted

Tony Blair must be prosecuted, not indulged like his mentor Peter Mandelson. Both have produced self-serving memoirs for which they have been paid fortunes. Blair鈥檚 will appear next month and earn him 拢4.6 million.

Sri Lanka: UN appoints war crimes panel

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on June 22 the formation of a three-member panel to advise him on whether Sri Lanka committed crimes during the last months of its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Reuters said that day.