Afghans angry at 'civilian deaths'

[IndianaGreen]

Afghans angry at 'civilian deaths'

One person has been shot dead by police as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in eastern Afghanistan, accusing Nato-led forces of killing civilians during an overnight raid near the city of Jalalabad.

Angry Afghans set fire to tyres and blocked roads in the Surkh Road district of Nangahar province on Friday, demanding an explanation for the deaths.

Witnesses told Al Jazeera that between nine and 15 civilians had been killed in the Nato attack.

Mohammed Arish, a government administrator in Surkh Rod, said a father and his four sons and four members of another family were among the dead.

"They are farmers. They are innocent. They are not insurgents or militants," Arish told The Associated Press by phone.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/05/201051473815983930.html

[unhappycamper]

1. I'm sure Stanley has an answer.

**crickets**

[ShortnFiery]

2. Yes, those ungrateful Afghan Citizens.

http://yorick.infinitejest.org:81/1/img/card-afghan_citizens.jpg

[jeanpalmer]

3. It has become the signature of his presidency

killing innocent people by drone. These people have no chance to prove their innocence. If Obama decides they're going to die, they die. And people try to pass him off as a "Constitutional scholar"? What a cruel joke. I rue the day I voted for him. I didn't realize what a callous individual he is. I won't make that mistake again.

[LittleBlue]

4. That's not what you're supposed to say.

We elected "change," remember?