What is the worst act of the Iranian government towards another nation?

Since you're the expert on this incident, why don't you tell me the answers to your questions?

 

That's The Truth, is it SAM?

Do you know what SBS is and where it is based? Have a guess.

Why do you think Australia is keeping troops in Afghanistan? I'm interested to know more of The Truth.

 

That is correct. In other words, the Australian media has been publicising this story about potential wrongdoing by Australian soldiers. Interesting, no?

How so? What does Australia get out of it? And from whom?

 

You are still to show the majority of Aboriginals who want a separate country.

I am sure those investigating the crime know the names of those killed. It is not their duty to appease you and publish those names.

What makes you assume they did not?

Do you have information to the contrary?

 

A witness to the incident disagrees with you:

ZAHER KHAN (Translation): They took me to Tarin Kowt air base. My brother was blown to pieces - he was murdered on the spot. They returned the dead body to us and they released me the next day in the afternoon and they took the injured to the hospital. Well, they took some of the injured to Tarin Kowt air base.. and the others were taken to Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar.


http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2009/03/08/a-survivor-s-tale.html
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Do you think the names are important or relevant to the average Australian viewer? What do you think naming all the victims adds to the news reports? Do you think anybody in Australia would know any of the people concerned personally? And if they did, do you think they would need or want the names in news reports?

As Bells said, I'm sure that the Court Martial will have all the relevant details and background. What the Australian public needs in a news report is the essential facts.

You're making claims with no back-up, SAM.

What kind of power does Australia get by keeping troops in Afghanistan? Power over whom?

As for money, it stands to reason that Australia is losing money by stationing troops in Afghanistan. Supporting a military in a foreign theatre of operation is a massively expensive business. I'm surprised you're not aware of this.

Who do you think is giving Australia money for staying in Afghanistan?

And where does the profit come in, exactly?

 

There are particular laws in place in Australia regarding the naming of children in the media, regardless of where they come from. The media are restricted in that regard.

I'm interested, though. Does the Indian press routinely name all of the people its soldiers kill?

 

One of the survivors disagrees with you. Refer to my previous post and quote.

Here from SBS Dateline, the ones who investigated and which you referred to above:

Khan’s wife and Amrullah’s wife had remained at the compound the whole time in the wake of the attack. They told him that while he was being dragged away, the Australian soldiers fired bullets and threw grenades inside his brother room. The teenage sister, the eleven-year-old boy and the ten-year-old then died on the veranda of the house of their wounds, while Amrullah and the two babies died after being evacuated by the Australians for treatment.

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So in early January this year, Popal set off to Afghanistan with a small video camera, flying straight into the war-torn southern city of Kandahar.

There, he met up with Zahir Khan for the first time and with Khan’s five-year-old niece Shuri-noor, the daughter of the late Amrullah. A quiet little thing with big eyes, Shuri-noor was injured by shrapnel that night and was evacuated in a helicopter by the Australians and treated at their base in Tarin Kowt. Popal filmed the long, thick scar that now runs the length of her stomach and Defence sources have since confirmed to Dateline her injuries and treatment.

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Shapero also claims that after admitting they made mistake and taking away the injured to be treated, the Australian soldiers gave her 15 thousand Afghanis, (approximately $US 300) and told her that money was to pay for transport for her to come the hospital later that day.

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Dateline has also learnt that in the days following the attack, Australian soldiers gave $US10,000 to a local government official – a payment apparently intended to be passed on to Zahir Khan as compensation. However, apart from the few hundred dollars given on the night, both Zahir Khan and Shapero say that the family has never received any other compensation for the deaths of their six relatives.

We asked Defence if they were aware that some local official had apparently pocketed their payment. They replied, acknowledging that a meeting was held with ‘a senior provincial official’ but that ‘for reasons of privacy and security, Defence does not provide individual case details,’ and that they has not been advised of any issue related to the payments.


http://www.sbs.com.au/dateline/story/about/id/600361/n/Questions-from-Oruzgan-A-Special-Investigation

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So contrary to your personal beliefs, they did not just step over the bodies and walk away without providing any aid. I know that it makes you feel better to believe they did, but they did not.

The SBS link also provides links to the interviews they discuss in the transcript itself. And remember, these interviews happened before they decided to charge the soldiers involved. I'd suggest you read the interviews and the link from SBS itself. I found it enlightening. You will probably find it entertaining.

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Ermm no.

 

James is correct, the names of child victims is rarely ever stated in the media. In this instance the names are made available by SBS, a very unusual move for them at least.

Having read through some Indian media sources in my time, I beg to differ. Most are more interested in how they are perceived by VIP's and foreign press than they are in the actual story. You have a better picture that they want to portray to you. One only has to point to the $300billion or something a day Obama trip story that originated in India to to know that your press does not have a better picture or "more viewpoints on all sides of the equation".

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