— Marine General John Allen, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to reporters at the Pentagon Monday. He was talking about the likelihood that the alleged massacre of 17 Afghans by U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales might trigger reprisal killings. Afghan security forces killed three of their allegedly allied coalition members – two Britons and an American – in Afghanistan on Monday.
“Revenge is an important dimension in this culture. So we would be prudent ourselves in looking for the potential for that to emerge. So it is something that we will keep an eye on. I have seen no indications yet that it has emerged as a potential factor, but we will certainly keep an eye on that.”
