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On the American side of the ledger here, add Trump's 2026 Iran:

Posted 10 years ago --"A guide to Australia’s Stolen Generations"

AI Overview

Based on historical records, reports, and investigations, the worst atrocities involving the United States
and Australia include systemic violence against Indigenous populations, war crimes, and massacres.

Worst Australian Atrocities

* Colonial Frontier Massacres (1788–1930): The systematic killing of Indigenous Australians during British colonisation was widespread. Research has documented thousands of massacres across Australia in which six or more people were killed, aimed at forcing Aboriginal people off their land.

* Tasmanian Genocide: During the "Black War" (1820s-1830s), the Aboriginal population of Tasmania was largely destroyed, with remaining people exiled to places like Wybalenna.

* The Stolen Generations: The forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families by government agencies and church missions, which continued until the early 1970s, causing profound generational trauma.

* Afghan Civilian Murders (2005–2016): The Brereton report found credible evidence that 25 Australian special forces soldiers murdered 39 Afghan civilians, including cases where prisoners were shot or had their throats slit.

* Bondi Junction Terrorist Attack (2025): A targeted attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney, which led to at least 15 fatalities, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese labeling it a terrorist atrocity.

* Port Arthur Massacre (1996): While a mass shooting by a single individual, this atrocity resulted in 35 deaths and led to significant changes in Australian gun laws.

* 1965-66 Indonesian Massacres (Involvement): Australia is cited as having supported and condoned the Indonesian Army’s campaign to eliminate the Communist Party (PKI), which led to the murder of an estimated 500,000 people.

Worst USA Atrocities

* Native American Genocide/California Indian Genocide: The U.S. government supported a "war of extermination," paying for militias to kill Native Americans. In California alone, estimates suggest between 9,000 and 16,000 California Indians were killed in 26 years, with the total U.S. Native population declining from millions to 225,000 by 1900.

* Slavery and Post-Civil War Violence: The brutal enslavement of millions of African people, followed by decades of lynching, racial terror, and systemic violence (e.g., Tulsa Race Massacre).

* Vietnam War Crimes: Incidents such as the My Lai Massacre, where U.S. soldiers murdered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.

* Philippine-American War (1899–1902): Large-scale killing of Filipino civilians and soldiers, with estimates of civilian deaths ranging from 200,000 to over a million due to combat, famine, and disease.

* Chenogne Massacre (1945): In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, American troops killed approximately 60 German POWs in Belgium.

* Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts: Numerous incidents of torture, illegal detention, and civilian casualties, including events at Abu Ghraib and various airstrikes against civilian targets.

These events represent profound violations of human rights and are recognized as some of the most traumatic episodes in the histories of both nations.

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