NATO air strikes have killed at least 52 Afghans over the past 24 hours, including 32 civilians and 20 members of the police. The deaths came in two strikes, one in the Helmand Province and another in Nuristan.
The Helmand strike, late Saturday, saw NATO attack helicopters destroy a pair of homes, killing 2 women and 12 children. The strikes also wounded six other civilians. Helmand’s governor’s office said the attack came after a nearby US Marine base was struck by insurgents.
The other strike came on Sunday, in the Nuristan Province. Here, US warplanes responded to reports of a battle between insurgents and security forces by opening fire on a group of people they assumed were insurgents. The people turned out to be a group of 18 civilians and 20 police.
The deaths, which Nuristan Governor Jamaluddin Badr termed “friendly fire,” came after the Taliban reportedly ran out of ammunition and fled the clashes in the district. NATO has promised to investigate both series killings.
NATO death from above never had it so good!
All hail the descendants of the Nazi Luftwaffe, for bombing defenseless 3rd world citizens and making it seem like heroism!
And it is said that Islamic extremist have no respect for life. That might be so, but I know another group of people based upon the posts I see here at Antiwar.com that also have no respect for human life. If respect for human life was considered only in terms of the number of innocent lives lost as a direct consequence of actions, then one would be forced to the conclusion that this other group of people have less respect for human life than the Islamic extremist they condemn. Remove the log from your own eyes you hypocrites, and honor the commandment "Thou shall not kill"
Again, NATO has promised to investigate.., by now all that hundreds upon hundreds of investigations need to be on the head of ICC desk and a copy to be sent to UN war crime tribunal to investigating the NATO militarism regime and its brutal, inhuman act against humanity.., while at it Karzi and his governors’ also needs to be investigated for letting NATO kill Afghani civilians.
Wow-this should cheer up the Libyans who are the next country to be “saved” by NATO gunships. Why do we allow poor people from one country go to another to kill other poor people? If we only could realize that we have more in common with our own kind arond the world than the people above us in our own country, war would end. I cant find the link but there is a wonderful (and true) story about opposing side in WWI stopping fighting on Christams Day and putting up a tree in No Mans Land and actually befriending each other. Of course the next day they went back to killing each other at the behest of the rich people…but for one day-some sanity!
C'mon Kazai you gave your LAST warning.
NOW ACT.
Or are you too much in hock to the USA to do anything?
Karzi is a puppet for the Americans his brother is a known drug dealer not that it bothers the US.Before the invasion the Taliban had almost all the poppy fields gone with sever punishment if caught growing.Since the fighting Afganisan produces about 95 persent of the worlds heroin with American help.I read that Russia is very angry about the US growing and tranporting the drug across the world well they lie just like the lie about the fight against terror they have the war on drugs that they supply.Anyone that is fooled about how evil the US government is just needs to look at facts that are everwere.America and Israel 2 peas in a pot just America is much bigger and militaly stronger as bad as they are if Israel had that power the world would already be involved in the 3RD world war.Witch both America and Israel are pushing the world towards.With NEOCONS and ZIONISTS there will never be piece they think they are above all people and show it more and more.I am not part of a certain religion because they causae lots of wars from peoples warped interpitation.But I belive in 1 GOD and belive in the next life the good will be rewarded and the evil and santan worshipers will pay for their wrongs and than sleep till nothings left and they are no longer rememberd.
Karzai pulls his step and fetch it routine over and over again. I've heard him vomit out these same angry pronouncements for years. I suspect that his tune will only change once his helicopter is fueled and lifting his corrupt ass off the roof of his palace.
Ah – we are winning the hearts and minds of the people by killing them – aren't we?
Have the Big Oil companies built their proposed gas pipeline through Afghanistan yet? – the ONLY reason the US invaded the "graveyard of soldiers and of empires".