NATO air strike killed two Afghan children in east: officials

[spooked911]

Source: Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - An air strike by NATO-led forces killed two children as they were watering fields in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province late on Monday, an Afghan official and lawmaker said.

The deaths occurred weeks after tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers were inflamed by the killing of nine children who were collecting firewood in the same province.

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Abdul Marjan, district chief of Chawki in Kunar where the two brothers, aged 10 and 15, where killed on Monday, said the boys had been working on irrigation channels before they were hit.

"They might have been mistaken for insurgents as they were carrying spades on their shoulders," Marjan told Reuters.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/03/15/nato-air-strike-killed-two-afghan-children-in-east-officials/

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The slaughter of innocents continues in this wasteful, counter-productive, horrifying war.

Antiwar protest this Saturday-- please attend one of these events:
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/p/salsa/event/common/public/search.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=619

[msongs]

1. mission accomplished nt

[rug]

2. NATO a/k/a USAF

[spooked911]

6. indeed

they are hiding behind the NATO rubric

[Charleston Chew]

3. Afghanistan: This is our reality

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In this photofilm, patients and caregivers at Boost hospital, Helmand province, highlight - in their own voices - some of the realities of living in Afghanistan today, especially the challenges of accessing healthcare in a war-torn country. Throughout the country, the reality is that few health centres existing on paper are actually functioning. They often lack drugs and medical staff. Roads have become difficult and dangerous. For the patients, access to the few health structures that do work often mean great risk and expense to get to.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x563078
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[OwnedByFerrets]

4. Imagine if the headline was "NATO air strike kills two children

in East Newark" (insert any american city).

[Johnny_dollar]

5. Imagine the headline:

Hamas rockets kills two Israeli Children...
or
Somebody kills a family of land-thieves in Israeli settlement