U.S. soldiers watch as an M-ATV armored vehicle burns after it struck an improvised explosive device near Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley, Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan. /Reuters
Turkish social media account Clash Report recently posted a summary of the genocide history of the United States on its Twitter account, triggering heated discussion among netizens.
In a timeline format, the summary posted on Wednesday listed out more than 20 events and descriptions about the genocide history.
In the U.S. genocide against Native Americans, "70 million Native Americans were slaughtered in their own land," it said.
In the U.S. massacre in Cuba, "60 thousand people were massacred by the U.S.- based Batista forces," said the post.
In the Indonesian mass killing, "Nearly 1 million Indonesian peasants, workers and intellectuals were murdered" by the U.S.
A screenshot of part of the summary of the "genocide history" of the United States posted by Clash Report on Twitter. /@clashreport
The list also cited the Vietnam War, the coup in Iran in 1953, and the Iraq War. In the Vietnam War, for example, "the U.S. massacred three million Vietnamese civilians by using Agent Orange, a powerful herbicide," it said.
(With input from Xinhua)