U.S. Airstrike Kills 90 in Afghan Wedding Party

[babylonsister]

:grr::grr:

Airstrike Kills 90 in Afghan Wedding Party

by Bill Graveland


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - There are accusations that U.S. airstrikes struck a wedding party in southern Afghanistan Monday - killing scores of women and children and sending the bride and groom to hospital.



Afghan children receive treatment at a local hospital in Kandahar. The governor of Kandahar province confirmed 90 people had died in the attack with another 30 injured. (AFP/Hamed Zalmy)
"When the fighting started the jets came and bombed," said Juma Khan, who helped bring his mother and nine other women and children to Kandahar's Mirwais Hospital.


Mohammad Nabi Khan lost two of his sons, ages 4 and 11, and his wife's brother was also listed among the dead.

"There's a lot of casualties," he said. "Most of them were women and children. Many are still buried under the rubble of homes."

"What kind of security are the foreign troops providing in Afghanistan?" he asked.

The governor of Kandahar province confirmed 90 people had died in the attack with another 30 injured.

"It was a mistake - they hit the wedding party and thought it was the Taliban," Gov. Rahmatullah Raufi told a late afternoon news conference.

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[Parche]

1. Hey, It beats throwing rice at the wedding

Why throw rice, when you have bombs instead!!! :woohoo: :sarcasm: :hi:

[Orrex]

2. Holy shit! Didn't we murder a similar number of wedding-goers a few years back?

What the fuck is going on over there?!?

[mike_c]

3. wedding party-- rebel gathering-- wedding party-- rebel gathering....

So many hearts and minds, so little time.

[charlie]

4. We've had 6 fucking years

and we STILL can't tell a wedding party from an Evil Doers Convention? STILL?

[arcadian]

5. Some great family values the DoD has there.

n/t

[malaise]

6. This is fugging madness

Stop Bush please.

[leftchick]

7. I believe wedding parties have become a prime target in Afghanistan

wtf??? Bring the troops home and quit killing people! :argh:

[wtmusic]

8. That's what happens when our "brave" commanders

order bombs dropped from 5K feet without sending in recon units on the ground for confirmation. Oops.

What's the current exchange rate, 1 American = 100 Afghanis?

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Comment from an American Football commentator on the US Air Force:

"how come they can time a fly-over at a stadium to the second to coincide with the end of the national anthem, but they regularly bomb wedding parties?"