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| Afghan definition of a civilian, Out of ammo, too wounded to fight, dead | |
| 2009-05-06 | |
| Notice the Paks never kill civilians? KABUL (AFP) -- The United States deeply regrets the deaths of civilians in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday after reports that US-led air strikes against insurgents had killed 100 people. "I wish to express my personal regret and certainly the sympathy of our administration on the loss of civilian life in Afghanistan," Clinton told a joint meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari. "We deeply regret it. We don't know all of the circumstances or causes. And there will be a joint investigation by your government and ours," Clinton said. "But any loss of life, any loss of innocent life, is particularly painful," the chief US diplomat said. "And I want to convey to the people of both Afghanistan and Pakistan that ... we will work very hard with your governments and with your leaders to avoid the loss of innocent civilian life," Clinton said. "And we deeply, deeply regret that loss," she added.
The US military opened an investigation into strikes late Monday and Tuesday in the remote western province of Farah, as Karzai ordered his government to probe reports of high civilian casualties. | |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #6 Strategy Page Sez: The latter includes the smart bombs. However, these weapons have become a problem for Afghan forces. For example, a recent battle between the Afghan Army and the Taliban led to the army commander calling in a smart bomb attack on a large Taliban force that had taken shelter in a group of buildings. But the Taliban had forced dozens of civilians to remain in the buildings, to serve as human shields. Unfortunately, this does not work if you don't let the guy with the smart bombs know you have human shields. Incidents like this are seen as prime propaganda opportunities for the Taliban, even when its Afghan commanders ordering the air strikes. Take it FWIW on who initiated the airstrike. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-05-06 19:38 |
| #5 Speaking of terrorists' paycheck, are you aware that the Israeli government pay each and everyone arab in Israel a monthly stipend of $800.00 US... Talk of being suicidal... (Sure beat the heroin business) |
| Posted by: Angolump Johnson8207 2009-05-06 18:07 |
| #4 Insurgents are civilians too. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-05-06 16:57 |
| #3 I saw a news report of farmers slitting poppies, so that they could extract raw opium. Some interviewees were open about returning to join the annual Taleban Summer Offensive. The Taleban share of the heroin industry, allows them to pay $200-$300 per month for jihadi terrorists. And each year they can afford even better weapons. But...NATO refuses to annihilate Helmand opium farming. That is suicidal to the point of homicidal. |
| Posted by: Glusotle Sproing7572 2009-05-06 16:28 |
| #2 Notice the Paks never kill civilians? Well, are there any? |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-05-06 13:56 |
| #1 Understand that the Taliban not only employ human 'shields', they have also used human 'sacrifices' - purposely causing innocent civilians to be killed for PR purposes. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-05-06 13:23 |