we got a call one night that bulldozers were uprooting a family's trees in marda. when we got there, one soldier told us it was because a kid had caused a car accident. another one told us it was because kids had thrown molotov cocktails. yet a third one said it was because a kid had thrown a rock. how could we believe any of them? none of the soldiers could even confirm any connection between the supposed kids and the trees. it was collective punishment, which is illegal. the light pictures are from the next morning--17 trees total had been massacred. the bulldozers had gone to the trouble of further chopping up several trees to ensure that they wouldn't be replanted by their owners, who only found out in the morning what had happened.
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