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2009-03-22 Afghanistan

More Afghan Civilians Killed While Shooting at US Forces

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Posted by Glenmore 2009-03-22 16:08|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 "they came out fighting and they died fighting ... It's very difficult to classify them as civilians under those conditions."

It would be much less difficult to classify them as illegal combatants and/or war criminals.

Posted by Jurong Barnsmell7433 2009-03-22 16:58|| 2009-03-22 16:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Five(5)? Start bitchin' when it's fifty(50). At a wedding party.

Posted by Last Breath Farm Resident 2009-03-22 17:19|| 2009-03-22 17:19|| Front Page Top

#3 Why don't we film more of these encounters? Seems like it may deflate a little of the propaganda.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-03-22 18:04|| 2009-03-22 18:04|| Front Page Top

#4 The Morale of the story: It is unsafe to shoot at U.S. Soldiers no matter who the f-k you think you are.

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-22 18:28|| 2009-03-22 18:28|| Front Page Top

#5 The lesson here is:

Don't shoot at US soldiers.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-22 18:32|| 2009-03-22 18:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Glenmore - kudos - headline and annotations of the day!

CrazyFool & DarthVader - excellent comments

Richard o' Oregon - excellent question. Used to ask this one m'self back in Eye-raq when I had the chance to talk with folks who did real work (i.e. provide free hot lead injections to needy locals). Don't recall that we did much documentation. Bizarre, when you consider the lengths the AQ and affiliated nitwits go to in order to film their glorious operations.

Posted by Verlaine 2009-03-22 19:18|| 2009-03-22 19:18|| Front Page Top

#7 civilians or not the company you keep can get you into alot of shit

Posted by rabid whitetail 2009-03-22 19:30|| 2009-03-22 19:30|| Front Page Top

#8 OTOH TOPIX > US CENTCOM: PAKISTAN AT RISK OF COLLAPSE WITHIN SIX MONTHS UNLESS US MAKES KEY CHANGES.

Also read, GREATER LOCAL US MILITARY PRESENCE/
INTERVENTION???

* PAKISTANI DEFENSE FORUM > CORE OF AL QAEDA IN PAKISTAN: + CHINA AND RUSSIA WELCOME IRAN, INDIA, PAKISTAN AND MONGOLIA TO THE SCO.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-03-22 21:32|| 2009-03-22 21:32|| Front Page Top

#9 This is "warlord" country, where we have rarely conducted ops. You will recall that the "warlords" got the juicy positions in the NATO created govt and have mostly held on to them. The militias were supposed to have been dissolved but the non-Pashtuns have kept some party supplies for themselves in case of necessity.

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