NATO Admits Four Killed Were Civilians, Not ‘Insurgents’
Kids Were Driving Home From a Volleyball Game
As details of the Monday night shooting along the roads of Afghanistan’s Khost Province continue to come out, NATO has revised its initial claim that the four teens killed included two “known insurgents” and two “suspected insurgents,” conceding that they were actually all innocent civilians.
The four were driving home from a volleyball game along the highway when a military convoy spotted them. After flashing their lights at the car, the troops opened fire, killing everyone in the car.
The victims included two brothers, Faizullah and Nasratullah Mansour, and their cousins Maiwand and Amirullah Mansour. The eldest, Amirullah Mansour, has recently become a police officer in the region, while the other three were still students.
After the initial denial, NATO is now expressing “regret” over the killings, the second incident of NATO troops attacking a civilian vehicle in a week, and promised to deploy “training teams” to “implement the critical lessons learned.” Exactly what those lessons are, besides not killing children on their way home from a volleyball game, are unclear.
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JLS
April 21st, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Is this widely reported in the European press? Or does the CIA control them like they do the American press?
E. A. Costa
April 21st, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Indeed, a war of national liberation, rolling back the North Atlantic Ocean.
Karla
April 21st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
What? Regret they had to make another one of their mealy-mouthed and utterly unconvincing apologies?
Jim Henley
April 21st, 2010 at 6:43 pm
After that Wikileaks tape I'm sure this was what the military considered a "good shoot". And considering that a "good shoot" in Iraq and Afghanistan is basically murdering anyone near a suspected insurgent or suspected insurgent activity- pretty much every time the US military murders people in those countries they are all "Good shoots".
You know- I used to be one of those people who thought the Vietnam vets got a bad rap coming back from that war. Used to be a flag waver. Now I can't stand the sight of US military uniforms or the American flag. Both disgust me.
Oh- and the only criteria I have for potential suitors for my daughter when she grows up is that they NOT be in the US military or veterans thereof. I don't want my daughter dating moral reprobates (plus the US military is loaded with perverts and wife beaters.)
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April 21st, 2010 at 12:39 pm
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MvGuy
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:03 am
Let's not overlook the REAL problem with [these type of] killings…. The western troops are COWARDS, COWARDS, COWARDS and MORE COWARDS..!!! Why else would they shoot these boys..?? They are AFRAID to let any vehicle get close enough to them to be able to blow them up. Who can blame them..?? Unfortunately, doing the right thing all to often requires BRAVERY..Because the more innocents they kill, the more locals will be working on projects [to kill them]… In Israel they built separate roads for )ews only… It cuts down the frequency of these "mistakes" Maybe the Apartheid scenario works better than the "Frightened troops slay more innocents" one.
There is no "NICE" way to conquer, especially OTHER PEOPLES land. It's always murder..!! But when the conquerors are afraid of everything and everyone (cowards) these incidents will occur again and again..!!! As an afterthought, another reason these boys died. They thought they were one of them [the Anglo/American occupation] so "nothing to fear"… Therefor the local boys were NOT cowards.
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April 21st, 2010 at 4:06 pm
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Eric Siverson
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:10 am
Sad but this is what happends . The gorrlias get to kill who they want to , we have to kill anyone we suspect miight be a gorrilia . To be safe we may have to kill 20 innocents to protect ourselves from 1 single talaban terrorist . Now you know why Saddam Husian was so evil .
Eric Siverson
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:34 am
I dont think so , This is their job as us soldiers . If they dont do it this way they increase the risk to themselves . Its awfull hard on the soldiers and their commandors too . I think a lot of them never recover from this kind of thing . The commandor order them to act this way becuase the last time the suspects killed his boys , and commandors hate writting those letters to his boys families . By the time your duaghter grows up there will only be musims running this country and she will probabley endup in a rich muslims harem . I understand your frustration . but these people were suffering befor we got there too .
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April 21st, 2010 at 11:21 pm
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DennisT
April 22nd, 2010 at 12:48 pm
JLS…great point!!! And exactly how many incidents of this nature are noted on any of the major networks??? Exactly N-O-N-E…. But then again, you need to know who controls the information that is reported on these networks. I'll leave it at that but I think you know. Thank gawd for anti-war.com.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 6:29 am
[...] NATO Admits Four Killed Were Civilians, Not ‘Insurgents’ They were Kids Driving Home From a Volleyball Game As details of the Monday night shooting along the roads of Afghanistan’s Khost Province continue to come out, NATO has revised its initial claim that the four teens killed included two “known insurgents” and two “suspected insurgents,” conceding that they were actually all innocent civilians. The four were driving home from a volleyball game along the highway when a military convoy spotted them. After flashing their lights at the car, the troops opened fire, killing everyone in the car. Read More Here. [...]
Connestee
April 22nd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Our troops have been put in this position by our government. If they don't shoot, the vehicle may indeed have insurgents or a suicide bomber aboard, a risky situation. If they do shoot, then we see what happens. I know many of our troops and their leadership aren't angels, but the real problem is a government that continually puts our military in harms way in the name of empire building.