Air strike kills Afghan civilians

[IndianaGreen]

We are losing Afghanistan, here is more proof:

Air strike kills Afghan civilians

Village elders had gathered in house hit in attack

ASADABAD, Afghanistan - A U.S.-led coalition air strike killed seven Afghan civilians on Thursday in the eastern province of Kunar, provincial officials said.

The pre-dawn attack hit a house in the Shegal district, to the east of the provincial capital Asadabad, where village elders had gathered to settle a dispute, said two provincial officials who declined to be identified.

“Seven people, several of them village elders, were killed in the bombing and the coalition also made some arrests,” one official said.

A spokesman for the coalition in Kabul said he did not know of the incident and was checking.
Kunar is near the border with Pakistan and the Taliban and their Islamic allies, including members of the al Qaeda network, have been active there since U.S.-led troops overthrew the Taliban in 2001.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14491247/

[Purveyor]

1. "Hearts and Minds" baby, hearts and minds...

If the saying 'ye shall reap what you sow' is correct, then this country is in a world of hurt when our card is drawn.

[Kagemusha]

2. Oh look, a gathering of Afghan males, must be up to no good...

FLIR can't detect gray hair.

[babylonsister]

3. We are losing Afghanistnans? Ya think?

How can I relay this, let me count the ways.
Heroin?
Diplomacy?
Politics?
Friends?
Enemies?
Danger?
Gratefulness?
How about, YOU rate this.

[izzie]

7. Yar we are. Some how the President just can not see this

These people in the Middle East are not future foot soldiers in the GOP

[AlamoDemoc]

4. Why are we still in Afghanistan? I can't get simple answer

[Sinti]

5. The pipeline is not yet complete. Protecting our corporate interests n/t

[AlamoDemoc]

6. So we are there for the caspian oil pipeline? got it!

[ConcernedCanuk]

8. Dincha get the memo?? - that's "collateral damage", not civilians . .

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No more "body bags" either ya know

Deys "transfer tubes"

The disrespect for human life by the BFEE and the PNACers is endless . .

(sigh)

[Judi Lynn]

9. You don't want to be anywhere near the Bush people when they start

reaping the harvest of what they have sown. It won't be a moment too soon, either.

[IndianaGreen]

10. Bush has failed at every endeavor he has undertaken

and he always relied on his family's connections to bail his ass out. In another era, Bush would have been the one to have traded Babe Ruth to the Yankees. As it stands now, Bush has already lost 2 wars and is on the verge on embarking on a third one.

[gratuitous]

11. So they bomb civilians without warning

Then apparently "made some arrests." For what, not dying when bombed by the mighty American wehrmacht? I like how the unnamed official keeps up the pretense that there's some kind of "coalition" committing these atrocities. No, there's no coalition, it's all being driven and almost wholly paid for by the United States government and the United States taxpayer.

Proud of our country, are we?

[Name removed]

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