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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1502445" data-attributes="member: 3371"><p>Unable to "Vietnamize" the war, Moscow has intensified its effort to brutalize the Afghan population into submis-sion. The central theme of Soviet occupation is one of</p><p>sheer and inhuman brutality. Most of the atrocities visited on the population are the result of calculation. They are not the misfortunes of collateral damage. Whole sectors of</p><p>the country have become free fire zones. In areas where Soviet convoys have been attacked, ground and air forces have raided villages, destroyed crops, and bayonetted women</p><p>and children.19 Small antipersonnel mines disguised as ballpoint pens, books and watches have been air dropped indiscriminately with the intent of maiming the rebels and</p><p>their supporters.20 Most victims have been children and livestock. A Red Cross hospital in Pakistan now specializes in amputees.21</p><p></p><p>An incident occurred in 1981 in which twelve rebel sympathizers were executed by running over them with tanks.22</p><p>Irrigation wells are systematically polluted, refugee columns are strafed, and camps in Pakistan are subjected to air raids.</p><p>On September 13, 1982 one hundred and five civilian males who had fled to the shelter of a tunnel were incin-erated alive when Soviet troops pumped gasoline into the</p><p>tunnel and ignited it with rifle fire.23</p><p></p><p>Although the popular press in the United States has avoided or equivocated on this issue, there is no doubt about Soviet use of lethal chemical agents in Afghanistan.</p><p>The State Department reports 59 separate incidents in 15 provinces.24 Lethal agents include persistent and non persistent varieties including tricotlecene toxins which</p><p>kill in a particularly painful and spectacular fashion, with predictable psychological effects.25 This fact of the war will be addressed in more detail in a following chapter.</p><p></p><p>In short, Soviet policy includes a combination off scorched earth and migratory genocide. Cruelty and atro-cities characterize the Soviet effort in Afghanistan.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/SKJ.htm" target="_blank">http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/SKJ.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 1502445, member: 3371"] Unable to "Vietnamize" the war, Moscow has intensified its effort to brutalize the Afghan population into submis-sion. The central theme of Soviet occupation is one of sheer and inhuman brutality. Most of the atrocities visited on the population are the result of calculation. They are not the misfortunes of collateral damage. Whole sectors of the country have become free fire zones. In areas where Soviet convoys have been attacked, ground and air forces have raided villages, destroyed crops, and bayonetted women and children.19 Small antipersonnel mines disguised as ballpoint pens, books and watches have been air dropped indiscriminately with the intent of maiming the rebels and their supporters.20 Most victims have been children and livestock. A Red Cross hospital in Pakistan now specializes in amputees.21 An incident occurred in 1981 in which twelve rebel sympathizers were executed by running over them with tanks.22 Irrigation wells are systematically polluted, refugee columns are strafed, and camps in Pakistan are subjected to air raids. On September 13, 1982 one hundred and five civilian males who had fled to the shelter of a tunnel were incin-erated alive when Soviet troops pumped gasoline into the tunnel and ignited it with rifle fire.23 Although the popular press in the United States has avoided or equivocated on this issue, there is no doubt about Soviet use of lethal chemical agents in Afghanistan. The State Department reports 59 separate incidents in 15 provinces.24 Lethal agents include persistent and non persistent varieties including tricotlecene toxins which kill in a particularly painful and spectacular fashion, with predictable psychological effects.25 This fact of the war will be addressed in more detail in a following chapter. In short, Soviet policy includes a combination off scorched earth and migratory genocide. Cruelty and atro-cities characterize the Soviet effort in Afghanistan. [url]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1985/SKJ.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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