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The 2007 Shinwar shooting, also known as the Shinwar massacre,〔 was the killing of a number of Afghan people on 4 March 2007, in the village of Spinpul, in the Shinwar District of the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. United States Marines, fleeing the scene of a car bomb attack and ambush by Afghan militants, fired on people and vehicles surrounding them, according to initial reports killing as many as 19 civilians and injuring around 50 more.〔 The exact casualty figures have not been firmly established.〔 The United States Marine Corps conducted an internal inquiry from January 2008. In May that year it exonerated the Marine Corps unit, determining that it had acted "appropriately and in accordance with the rules of engagement".〔 The report was condemned by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission,〔 and by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan.〔 Further revelations in 2010 led employees of Amnesty International and the International Bar Association to assert that there was ''prima facie'', or superficial evidence that international humanitarian law had been violated, but could not speculate further without knowing the details of the inquiry.〔 ==Sequence of events== On 4 March 2007, Haji Ihsanullah, a member of Hezb-e Islami Khalis (or the Tora Bora Military Front, depending on source),〔〔 drove a minivan laden with explosives into one of the vehicles making up a US military convoy, which included either three〔 or six〔 humvees. A US Marine was injured.〔 Sources differ on whether or not hidden gunmen then also opened fire on the convoy.〔 The US Marines fled the area,〔 firing on some vehicles for between 6 and 16 miles〔 while driving along the Afghan street.〔 According to several witnesses and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the US Marines' response to the car bombing included indiscriminate firing at passing civilians on the busy highway. They asserted that elderly men, women and children were killed.〔 Akhtyar Gul, a local reporter who witnessed the shooting, claimed that the Marines sprayed civilians with machine gun fire even though the Marines were not under attack.〔 These assertions would be disputed during the subsequent US Marine Corps court of inquiry.〔 According to Associated Press and Afghan journalists, US troops confiscated photos and videos of the incident and its aftermath.〔〔 A freelance photographer working for the Associated Press claimed that two Marines and a translator asked him: "Why are you taking pictures? You don't have permission."〔 Another photographer claimed that he had been told by US troops, through an interpreter: "Delete them (photos ), or we will delete you."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2007 Shinwar shooting」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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