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2011-02-28 Afghanistan

ISAF-NATO Air Strike killed at least 64 civilians in Hilgal(Kunar)

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-02-28 01:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 This is hooey, with the full complicity of the Afghan govt.

The greed is so bad that some have suggested using small, ground penetrating radar used by war crimes inspectors to prove that dozens of such graves are only 1' deep and have no body in them.

Ironically, the military does not object at all to paying the locals bribes. We did that in Germany for 35 years and made a lot of friends. What is troubling is that it is used for enemy propaganda.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-02-28 10:03|| 2011-02-28 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 No body, no moolah. He who had the gold, makes the rules.

Posted by Pearl Gleaper1127 2011-02-28 10:33|| 2011-02-28 10:33|| Front Page Top

#3 If they need more dead bodies, I don't see why we can't provide them.

Posted by SteveS 2011-02-28 13:05|| 2011-02-28 13:05|| Front Page Top

#4 Pashtos aren't short of gall. Over a trillion dollars in economic losses can be attributed to those savages. They aren't worthy of nation-building.

Posted by Mad Eye Threreling5276 2011-02-28 18:58|| 2011-02-28 18:58|| Front Page Top

#5 From the news agency that dare not be named...

NATO has said that video of Kunar operations on Feb. 17 the main event of more than three days of fighting showed troops targeting and killing dozens of insurgents, not civilians.

However, the Afghan team investigating the incident found that 65 civilians had been killed, including 40 children age 13 and under, said Shahzada Masoud, one of the investigators. The group presented its findings Sunday to President Hamid Karzai. Investigators said they compiled a list of names and ages of the victims, and planned to release them but were not prepared to do so Sunday. Karzai's office said he was concerned by the findings.

The team reached its conclusions after four days of interviews with local authorities, residents, hospital officials and security forces, said Masoud, who is Karzai's tribal affairs adviser.

They did not visit the scene of the attack but had people from the villages come to the provincial capital to be interviewed. The main area called Helgal is considered very dangerous and is rarely visited by government officials.

Masoud said the dead had already been buried, but that he had reports of 75 graves.

The team did not look into the number of militants killed or consider the NATO footage since it was only asked to identify civilian deaths, Masoud said.

Yeah, sounds like a slam dunk to me...

Posted by tu3031 2011-02-28 19:09|| 2011-02-28 19:09|| Front Page Top

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