Afghan Villagers: NATO Forces Opened Fire on Protesters Killing 13
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/01/12/afghan-villagers-nato-for...
In what is just the latest in a growing string of recent allegations of NATO forces killing civilians, local villagers in the Garmsir District, Helmand Province said they came out to protest against a reported raid in a nearby town when a NATO patrol arrived on the scene. The villagers say NATO forces opened fire on the crowd, killing at least 13 civilians and wounding dozens.
NATO officials denied the incident, but issued a perplexing statement that simultaneously insisted the forces didn’t fire a single shot while lauding them for opening fire on a sniper on the scene. The local police confirmed the killings, but speculated that the apparently unarmed protesters might have secretly been Taliban.
“The Taliban were provoking the people,” noted Helmand’s deputy police chief, insisting that protesters had overturned cars and raided a building belonging to an Afghan spy agency. The police insisted that it was actually Afghan forces that were with NATO who initially opened fire and that they were still looking into the identities of the slain.
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Depressing
I am always so saddened by the killing of innocents. I so wish we would get out of all these countries and leave them alone. We have indeed become the evil empire the middle east declared us to be. Our troops are the real terrorists, occupying all these nations. This out of control government has to be destroyed.
I am saddened by this . . .
but appreciate the information.
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UN: Taliban cause Afghan civilian deaths to soar
"KABUL – Taliban suicide bombings and other attacks caused Afghan civilian deaths to soar last year to the highest annual level in the war, the U.N. said Wednesday, while deaths attributed to allied forces dropped nearly 30 percent — a key U.S. goal for winning over the Afghan
people."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100113/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_ci...
Liars.
The truth is provoking apparently.
From the article about this incident at the NY Times (link here --> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13afghan.html )
“The Taliban were provoking the people,” Kamal Khan, Helmand Province’s deputy police chief, said in a telephone interview. “They were telling the people that the Americans and their Afghan partners are killing innocent people, bombing their homes and destroying their mosques and also blaspheming their religion and culture."
Hmm, lets see. There were people there, Afghani people, telling other Afghani people there, that an occupying army and their sympathizers were killing the innocent and destroying their property. Shall I dig up the numerous articles from the mainstream media that prove these statements to be true? Like here --> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/probe-fin... here --> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/1... here --> http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/probe-fin...
Perhaps the way to end this conflict is to stop killing innocent people and destroying thier property.
Thank you for your comment and the links
well said.
imagine if Afghan soldiers where in America searching houses making bombing raids from high altitude...
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Isn't it sad how people simply ignore the truth? After all, 'WE' simply can't be wrong, right? Not 'OUR' country! I mean really..didn't 'THEY' attack 'US'?
And one has to wonder why the average Afghani or Iraqi despises America and 'Americans'? So sad. So very sad.