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| Afghanistan |
| Karzai angry about attack by Australians |
| 2012-09-03 |
| Looks like Karzi is up to his old tricks again, lying through his teeth. THE Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, has condemned what he called a ''''unilateral operation'''' by Australian troops in southern Oruzgan province. Mr Karzai was responding to an apparent operation on Friday in which a tribal elder, Raz Mohammad Khan, 70, and his son Abdul Jalil, 30, were killed. ''''Raz Mohammad Â… had no relationship with the government or the militants. He and his son were the victims of wrong reports received by Australian troops regarding [their] relations with the Taliban,'''' said the provincial spokesman, Abdullah Hemmat. Nine detained civilians were released on Saturday after the Oruzgan Governor spoke to the Australians, Mr Hemmat said. Mr Karzai condemned the raid as a violation of a memorandum of understanding with NATO that required all such Western operations to have prior approval of provincial officials. Later on Saturday, NATO officials got into a heated war of words with Mr Karzai. Captain Dan Einert, a US Air Force military spokesman in Kabul, said Mr Karzai was wrong because the Oruzgan provincial Governor had approved the raid and Afghan military forces accompanied the Australians. Captain Einert said Raz Mohammad Khan and his son were ''''military-aged'''' insurgents. A spokesman for the Defence Department said both men killed were ''''positively identified as taking direct part in hostilities'''' and 11 people were released. The remaining prisoner had links to the escape of Hekmatullah, believed to be responsible for the killing of three Australian soldiers, the spokesman said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Why doesn't Karzai just give a list of his drug producing/smuggling buddies to NATO and beg for them not to be "touched"? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-09-03 01:28 |