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<!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>US soldiers in Afghanistan burnt the bodies of dead Taliban and taunted their opponents about the corpses, in an act deeply offensive to Muslims and in breach of the Geneva conventions.<br><br>An investigation by SBS's Dateline program, to be aired tonight, filmed the burning of the bodies.<br><br>It also filmed a US Army psychological operations unit broadcasting a message boasting of the burnt corpses into a village believed to be harbouring Taliban.<br><br>According to an SBS translation of the message, delivered in the local language, the soldiers accused Taliban fighters near Kandahar of being "cowardly dogs". "You allowed your fighters to be laid down facing west and burnt. You are too scared to retrieve their bodies. This just proves you are the lady boys we always believed you to be," the message reportedly said.<br><br>"You attack and run away like women. You call yourself Taliban but you are a disgrace to the Muslim religion, and you bring shame upon your family. Come and fight like men instead of the cowardly dogs you are."</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->...<br><br><!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/film-rolls-as-troops-burn-dead/2005/10/18/1129401256154.html" target="top">Film rolls as troops burn dead</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> AAAAaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>All of Australia will be watching this evening, all of the world tomorrow.<br><br>...Also, just a reminder, today is 20 days since Judge Hellerstein's decision to release the censored Abu Ghraib media. A search of Google's news reference finds absolutely no mention of whether the Pentagon is appealing, or whether the pictures are coming out. Are no journalists interested untill they're told to be interested? Instead of letting the Pentagon peacefully make up their minds, the press could be pressuring them on their reasoning for withholding the pictures, and why they will or will not appeal. Where is the discussion?<br> <p></p><i></i>