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| China releases US human rights record in 2002 （19） |
| CCTV.COM 2003-04-03 16:04:30 |
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VII. Blunt Violations of Human Rights in Other Countries
The United States is following unilateralism in international affairs and has frequently committed blunt violations of human rights in other countries.
Regardless of the strong call for no war from the international community, the United States, together with a few other countries,launched a war against Iraq on March 20, 2003. The war, which has openly violated the purpose and principles of the UN Charter, has caused casualties of innocent Iraqi civilians and serious humanitarian disasters.
During its air attacks against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2002, the U.S. troops dropped nearly a quarter－million cluster bomblets and raided a number of non－military targets, causing heavy civilian casualties. The Time newsweekly disclosed civilians killed in the Afghan war had exceeded 3,000.
The cluster bombs also left an estimated 12,400 explosive duds that continue to take civilian lives to this day （Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and Their Use By the United States in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch, Dec. 18, 2002）. In 2001 the U.S. bombing of Mudoh village reduced the local population to 100 from 250 and leveled all buildings in the village to the ground. A similar attack on Kakrakai village in central Afghanistan on July 1, 2002 left at least 54 civilians dead and more than 100 others injured （Newsweek, July 22, 2002）. （more）
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Editor: Wang Yin Source:Xinhua
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