It’s this attack which strikes the most fear into Scahill’s heart he already knows the astronomical scale of the hit list, but he soon discovers that American citizens are on it.
Extending far beyond the geographical theatre of conflict, Dirty Wars follows the reporter from the employment of militia in Somalia, to missile strikes in Yemen. It’s explosive subject matter that points fingers all the way up to POTUS himself in attempting to expose the secret actions of military branch JSOC (the Joint Special Operations Command), which Scahill characterises as President Obama’s own private paramilitary unit. These are just the beginnings of his exploration, however, that ultimately lead to presidential sanctions and horrifying ‘kill lists’. Scahill is soon discovering that hundreds of such covert raids are being carried out by bearded troops referred to by the locals as ‘American Taliban’, with men, women and children being slaughtered.
It doesn’t sound feasible but looking into the eyes of the men, women and children left behind, he believes their story. There he is told of a midnight raid by American forces, murdered innocents, unwarranted detention and a cover-up claiming the deaths as Taliban honour killings. Scahill’s journey leads him to a bereaved family in a provincial area – the kind of place that warrants staying inside after dark.
0 kommentar(er)
