HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam accused former Sen. Bob Kerrey of crimes
during the Vietnam War, saying Friday that families of villagers killed by
his Navy team experienced ``incomparable suffering and losses.''
It was the first time Vietnam has publicly accused Kerrey of criminal
activity. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Phan Thuy Thanh made the accusation
in reaction to a revised account of the raid in Kerrey's new memoir. Thanh
did not specify what crimes Vietnam believed Kerrey had committed.
``Whatever Mr. Kerrey says cannot change the truth. Mr. Kerrey himself has
admitted that he was ashamed of the crimes he committed,'' she said.
On Friday, Kerrey said he was disappointed by the government's comments,
saying officials there have long blamed Americans for war-time atrocities.
