The history of NATO night raids in Afghanistan has already been littered with failures and civilian casualties, and was worsened again today as officials admitted that an overnight raid targeted the wrong house, killing a 12 year old girl and a man employed by the National Police, whom officials had initially termed a “Taliban leader.”
Officials said they were targeting a Taliban suspect in the region but apologized after they realized they had the wrong house, and after they had killed two people. The father of the slain girl, who owned the house, says she was killed when the troops threw a grenade at her. NATO reports confirm she was fleeing out the door at the time of her killing, but claim they assumed she was armed.
The initial statement from NATO said only that the forces “killed an armed and woman in Nangarhar.” The statement was released despite reports from the family suggesting the troops discovered their mistake and apologized before leaving.
NATO confirmed the apology and promised to investigate how the mistake happened and how they might prevent similar incidents in the future. Such incidents have occurred with alarming regularity, despite the Karzai government’s repeated demands to curb the raids.
How they might prevent similar incidents in the future? The obvious and easiest way is to stop doing it.
The more difficult route would be to leave those troops in Afghanistan until they've won. Brininging them home after a year for a break of two, and lately three, years, gives none of them the opportunity to learn much at all they didn't know after boot camp.
Stupid bastards. I really have no sympathy for any military personnel or those attached to said exercises who are maimed, killed or essentially screwed up after their adventures overseas. Just how frigging messed up in the head can you be to join up? How incredibly mind-numbingly ignorant? You damn well signed up knowing what was ahead or you got what you deserve and no excuses for the evil you've wrought will ever suffice. Quit, repent, resign, whatever it takes but take a stand or remain the uniformed coward that you are.
Apology that don't bring the little girl back and the apology is just to say face.This is an every day thing killing people without a day in court with drones that kill many innocent people.Even when they get how they intended it should still be illegal the Nazis even got trials the US can care less about justice after all the wars are said to be over 9/11 witch there is overwelming proff that it was an inside job.Osama denied having anything to do with that attack the US had a lookalike on very shoty video taking responsibility but they were so dumb.First Osama was left handed and in the fake video he was writing with his right hand also had a gold ring on that is stricktly forbiden in his religion it was not Osama after all he would always say when he was involved in an attack.Please study 9/11 also to see how evil; for at least 50 years the US government has been to there own military watch the movie Beyond Treason it will make you see through there lies.Watch as much as possible and READ READ education is the key to truth.
Was she brown? Was she Moslem? Well, in that case, she wasn't human. Better yet, she was probably hiding a bomb under her burka. And if she wasn't, at least, she was thinking about it. After all, we can't concern our pretty little heads too much with the death of these savages. We need to save all of our energy to 'saving' fetuses, cats and dogs, keeping track of what Lady Gaga is wearing today and what Bristol Pailin is doing, after all, those are the things that really matter.