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Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Riot in US-run prison
2008-03-14
(AKI) - By Syed Saleem Shahzad - Prisoners held in KabulÂ’s controversial Pul-i-Charkhi jail rioted late on Thursday when NATO forces tried to shift Taliban inmates for interrogation.

Unnamed sources told Adnkronos International (AKI) that inmates in block 4 of the prison resisted their removal by NATO personnel, alleging that NATO officials wanted to carry out an extrajudicial killing.
Now there's an idea ...
The protest soon spread all over the jail. Inmates in another part of the prison (block 7) turned violent and around five were wounded when NATO personnel opened fire on the prisoners, according to AKI's sources.

Pul-i-Charkhi, where political prisoners are held, is located outside the Afghan capital. Most Taliban prisoners are currently held there. The prison gained notoriety for its treatment of prisoners as long ago as during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan (1978-1989).
Posted by:Fred

#9  lopt... do you remember Attica?

I dont know of one since then...
Posted by: Abu do you love   2008-03-14 22:04  

#8  Shooting prisoners in US prisons sinse? Could you provide a link to any stories along those lines?
Posted by: lotp   2008-03-14 19:15  

#7  this wasn't a good reason to start shooting these inmates as would be done in a US prison, and i recall a similar uprising at the start of the afghan war that killed some of our CIA guys and troops
Posted by: sinse   2008-03-14 17:07  

#6  Two, but I'm (Ex) regular Navy not a Squid.
Doesn't bother me.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-03-14 16:43  

#5  OK tipover, go easy on the squid insults !
There are at least one of us in the audience.

Thank you, we now resume our normal snarkothon...
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2008-03-14 14:16  

#4  Give em the CS gas!!!
Then a good rap on the bean with a slapjack or swagger stick, that ought to settle em down.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-03-14 10:11  

#3  ...alleging that NATO officials wanted to carry out an extrajudicial killing.

So let's have a riot and give them a reason to start shooting.
Posted by: tu3031   2008-03-14 08:30  

#2  It's 'Under New Management!'
Posted by: Free Radical   2008-03-14 03:07  

#1  So this pork-greased squid is trying to connect NATO troops to the Soviets?
Posted by: tipover   2008-03-14 01:01  

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