fyi, ... "Afghan Massacre" on WordlinkTV - Tues & Weds.

[eablair3]

the film "Afghan Massacre" is once again playing on Tuesday night and on Wedsnesday this week on WorldlinkTV, which is available on the satellite tv services, DISH Network and Directv.

Tues night at 11 pm edt, and 8pm pdt

the film is supposed to be really something, and was screened in european parliaments. anyone seen it yet?

full WorldlinkTV schedule for this with links to writeups can be found here:
http://www.worldlinktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=massacre


from the San Jose Mercury News on Mon, Dec. 23, 2002:

Documentary alleges U.S. complicity in Afghan massacre
By Mahvish Khan
Special to the Mercury News

A controversial documentary film, which aired in full for the first time last week on German television, charges that U.S. soldiers were complicit in the mass killing and burial of thousands of Afghan prisoners of war more than a year ago.

``Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death,'' directed by former BBC producer and Scottish filmmaker Jamie Doran, presents harrowing footage of human bones protruding from desert mass graves and interviews with eyewitnesses who say the mass killing and summary executions were committed under the watch of U.S. forces.

Washington officials expressed surprise and concern when they learned that the German television network, ARD, had agreed to show the inflammatory film. ``We are upset that a reputable television station would display a documentary that is shown to be inaccurate,'' State Department spokesman Larry Schwartz said.

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http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/4799415.htm

[kainah]

1. Thanks for the tip, eablair3

I'll set a timer.

[sistersofmercy]

2. Thanks for the tip I've heard about this on other chat rooms...

I just don't know how much more I can stomach mark 77=napalm, the numbers game or lack there of, and of course the compounding lies, lies, lies! Maybe I shouldn't watch I'll see what mood I'm in then.

[eablair3]

3. welcome, ... it's available online at Democracy Now!

I had heard parts of "Afghan Massacre" on the radio on Democracy Now!. Looks like even the video version is available online as well there -- in two parts on May 23 and 26 2003 -- there are also several shows at Dem Now devoted to this topic. I am still looking forward to seeing it on the tv in one sitting rather than online. Here's the link to the Democracy Now shows:

http://www.democracynow.org/search.pl?query=afghan+massacre

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Today, on Democracy Now!, the U.S. broadcast premiere of a documentary film called “Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death.”

The film provides eyewitness testimony that U.S. troops were complicit in the massacre of thousands of Taliban prisoners during the Afghan War.

It tells the story of thousands of prisoners who surrendered to the US military’s Afghan allies after the siege of Kunduz. According to eyewitnesses, some three thousand of the prisoners were forced into sealed containers and loaded onto trucks for transport to Sheberghan prison. Eyewitnesses say when the prisoners began shouting for air, U.S.-allied Afghan soldiers fired directly into the truck, killing many of them. The rest suffered through an appalling road trip lasting up to four days, so thirsty they clawed at the skin of their fellow prisoners as they licked perspiration and even drank blood from open wounds.

Witnesses say that when the trucks arrived and soldiers opened the containers, most of the people inside were dead. They also say US Special Forces re-directed the containers carrying the living and dead into the desert and stood by as survivors were shot and buried. Now, up to three thousand bodies lie buried in a mass grave.

The film has sent shockwaves around the world. It has been broadcast on national television in Britain, Germany, Italy and Australia. It has been screened by the European parliament. It has outraged human rights groups and international human rights lawyers. They are calling for investigation into whether U.S. Special Forces are guilty of war crimes.

But most Americans have never heard of the film. That’s because not one corporate media outlet in the U.S. will touch it. It has never before been broadcast in this country.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/05/23/1637201&mode=thread&tid=25

[pnorman]

4. Here's another site for that movie (QuickTime)

http://ourownmedia.com/copper/AfghanPOWsKilled.mov

I was able to save that one to my HD (~54MB).