1.0link208787<![CDATA[US War Crime Probes Inadequate: UN Expert]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/us-war-crime-probes-inade_n_208787.htmlGENEVA — An independent U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by its soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Although some cases are investigated and lead to prosecutions, others aren't or result in lenient sentences, said Philip Alston, the U.N. Human Rights Council's special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings.