Afghan, US forces shoot, wound five civilians: NATO

[demoleft]

Source: afp

KABUL (AFP) – Five Afghan civilians were shot and wounded by US and Afghan troops outside a military base in a restive area of the country that was the scene of a violent demonstration a day earlier, NATO said Friday.

The incident took place in the Garmser area of Helmand province on Wednesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement.

An ISAF spokesman said warning shots were fired as a crowd of up to 400 people gathered outside the gate of a military base, Combat Outpost Sher.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100115/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestnato

[Flaneur]

1. Shooting demonstrators. Nice.

Way to win those hearts and minds.

[ManiacJoe]

3. Sticks and stones make poor weapon choices

against assault rifles. Stupid is as stupid does....

[Mari333]

2. chickenhawks already unrec the truth, eh

knr

[avaistheone1]

4. It's all part of "finishing the job".

:argh:

[Robb]

5. One very important sentence in that report:

...I'm amazed it made it to print.

Civilian casualties are a sensitive issue among Afghans, and are often seized on by President Hamid Karzai to bolster support for his government.