The Taliban bus attack war crime

BBC:

Taleban insurgents have killed at least 27 people travelling on buses in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

A Taleban spokesman said that all those killed in the attacks on three buses were Afghan government soldiers, but officials said they were civilians.

The attacks happened on Thursday but the bodies have only just been found, dumped over a wide area.

A number of the men were beheaded after the attack in the Maiwand district, local and military sources say.

A Taleban spokesman said its fighters had boarded the buses travelling on the province's main highway, removed men identified as soldiers and shot them.

Afghan officials said all the victims were civilians as soldiers travel in military convoys or by plane.

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Even if you buy the Taliban version of these events it was still a war crime. Whether they were non combatants or soldiers, they were effectively prisoners at the time they were murdered. Under the Geneva Conventions prisoners must be cared for and not killed.

When you consider all the whining in the media about the treatment of prisoners and detainees at Gitmo, you should also consider the hypocrisy of those in the media who have no outrage at the clear war crimes of our enemy.