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| Afghanistan: Police killed in mistaken US raid |
| 2008-12-11 |
| (AKI) - Six police and a civilian were killed on Wednesday in a US-led raid on a police station in southern Afghanistan. Authorities said that US forces had mistakenly killed the victims after police fired on the Americans during an operation. A US military statement said the deaths early Wednesday resulted from a "tragic case of mistaken identity on both parts." Thirteen others were reportedly wounded in the air raid which hit a police station in the troubled province of Zabul. Deputy provincial police chief Ghulam Jailani Khan said the bomb had struck just before dawn and destroyed the police station. The statement said the police fired on US forces after the troops battled and killed an armed militant close to a police station in Qalat, the capital of Zabul. Afghan and US officials were travelling from Kabul to the scene of the attack to conduct an investigation. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Mistaken US Raid? I sincerely doubt that. They were there to help their buddies. The fact that they were police might mean a lot in this country, but not Afghanistan. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-11 14:31 |
| #5 Or an automatic response to gunfire aimed in their general direction, tu3031. Like dogs growling in response to a perceived threat, gunfire seems in that culture to be an automatic expression of emotion rather than conscious response. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-12-11 08:27 |
| #4 The statement said the police fired on US forces after the troops battled and killed an armed militant close to a police station in Qalat... Pissed off that our guys chopped their bagman? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-12-11 01:54 |
| #3 Since when did the bad guys there start wearing uniforms? Fuc& with the best, die like the rest. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-12-11 01:36 |
| #2 I detect heavy spin on the part of someone and I don't think it is our folks. We don't drop bombs for the heck of it and that's a pretty hefty body count for mistaken identity. I suspect that raid was no mistake at all. |
| Posted by: tipover 2008-12-11 01:12 |
| #1 DO NOT shoot at our Soldiers, and they will not shoot at you. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-12-11 00:13 |