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| German Forces Ordered Nato Airstrike |
| 2009-09-04 |
| Germany's armed forces on Friday said they had called the Nato airstrike on two hijacked fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan that burned more than 50 people to death. Well, thats's certainly going to give the MSM a new problem to solve. A German army spokesman told news agency dpa that a German reconstruction team based in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan had requested the attack, which caused jet fuel in the tankers to ignite. Scores of people were killed in northern Afghanistan when Nato aircraft struck fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban. A Nato spokesman said it was investigating reports of civilian deaths. Mohammed Omar, the governor of Kunduz, told the Financial Times by telephone that the Taliban had stolen the vehicles, which exploded as villagers gathered near a river-bank in the middle of the night to collect fuel. Everyone knows that 2:30 in the morning is the best time to collect fuel. First you collect fuel, then a half-hour later you stage a cross-fire ... However, the German defence ministry said it did not believe that bystanders were among the dead. German aircraft were not involved in the attack. "After observing that only insurgents were in the area, the local ISAF commander ordered air strikes which destroyed the fuel trucks and killed a large number of insurgents," a spokesperson for Nato's International Security Assistance Force told Reuters. "The strike was against insurgents. That is who we believe was killed." "And if we're wrong about that, it wuz the evil Americans that made us do it. Or maybe the Joos." |
| Posted by:Matt |
| #14 ION *** Breaking *** PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > GERMANY ON ALERT: INTEL AGENCIES ARE SWAMPED WITH THREAT WARNINGS [possib terror strikes, espec agz MERKEL]??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-09-04 22:50 |
| #13 I'll be in Weiden in a couple of weeks. If you're near there, let me know. Dinner at the Altes Eichamt on me. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-04 21:45 |
| #12 Thanks again. I'll pass it on with the next phone call. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-09-04 21:37 |
| #11 "50 alleged dead, but how many bodies can they produce?" As many as they need. But generally they don't need to produce any. Associated Press just takes their word for it. Their motto is "always show solidarity with America's enemies". |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-09-04 21:27 |
| #10 Righteous rant, EC! Hear, hear! :-D Many thanks to your son for his service - and to you for raising him. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-09-04 21:24 |
| #9 yes, EC - a big thank you to your son and best wishes! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2009-09-04 21:20 |
| #8 Thank you. "Thank you for your service" is something he will NEVER hear in Germany. Instead ever shot he fires will be investigated by a lawyer |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-09-04 21:06 |
| #7 Bolton is usually right. Pass along my thanks to your son EC. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-04 21:01 |
| #6 Yes they did and they had damn good reasons for it since the fuel tanks were hijacked to be used in suicide attacks. Listening to the debate back home, I'm getting frigging tired with all this. I have a son serving in Afghanistan and if politicians think that you can fight a war but must not call it war, and that troops should protect without killing anyone, then those politicians should go there themselves and blow the Talibs into the sea with all the hot air they produce. So the UN wants to "investigate" whether the attack was justified, because civilian casualties "could not be excluded? Bolton was right. Let's hand the building over to Ghadaffi and drop a JDAM on it. Sorry for the rant. |
| Posted by: European Conservative 2009-09-04 20:51 |
| #5 This appears to be another case where the liberal media will wring their hands, whine in dismay, and beg forgiveness - while the rest of us are wondering why we aren't reducing the Federal Deficit by selling video of the event on pay-per-view. If you come to share "land pirate" plunder in the moonlight, don't cry when the anti-piracy forces "reach out and touch" your ass. Thankfully, the progression of natural selection may eventually raise the level of caution among the unwashed rabble in the Afghan mountains. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2009-09-04 20:43 |
| #4 Leave it to the Krauts to reduce flight hours and still maintain a high enemy body count. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-09-04 17:24 |
| #3 Did they check with German lawyers or American before requesting the strike? Did the pilots get authorization from US attorneys as well? Was a hold harmless issued? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-09-04 17:10 |
| #2 If they are gathered around a stolen fuel tanker to get fuel in the middle of the night... they probably aren't 'innocent civilians'... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-09-04 16:45 |
| #1 50 alleged dead, but how many bodies can they produce? It would be nice if the press got in the habit of the dead they report is an unconfirmed rumor and not a count. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2009-09-04 16:15 |