Afghan MP says US troops raid home, kill relative

[cory777]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. troops raided the home of a female member of the Afghan parliament and killed a neighbor who was one of her relatives, the MP said on Thursday, an incident that sparked angry protests in the east.

A spokesman for foreign forces in Afghanistan said Western and Afghan troops had raided a house in the area and shot dead an armed man but was not able to comment on whether the house belonged to a member of parliament.

Night-time raids by Western troops and civilian casualties are among the most incendiary issues in Afghanistan, and the targeting of a female parliamentarian would raise the political temperature at a time when NATO is preparing a large offensive.

Safia Sediqi, an outspoken member of parliament from eastern Nangarhar province, said scores of U.S. soldiers raided her village home shortly before midnight.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63S0YM20100429

[dotymed]

1. She must have dared to speak out

against the atrocities being committed in her country...

[Robb]

2. Perhaps.

Maybe she was caught http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DA143EF934A2575BC0A9609C8B63">picking her nose. Hard to say this early.

I'll wait. She's an interesting character, though.

[elias49]

3. Damned Paki-Taleban! Oh, wait a minute...

Damned US storm troopers!