Afghan President Hamid Karzai has once again delivered a warning to NATO in the wake of deadly NATO air strikes over the weekend, cautioning that the alliance must stop bombing civilian homes in Afghanistan.
NATO, for its part, spurned the demand, saying that attacking Afghan homes was “necessary” and would continue going forward. They also claimed that the Afghan government has no right under the UN mandate for Afghanistan to forbid attacks on civilian targets.
Former Afghan General Helauddin Helal concurred with this, saying it was “not realistic” for Karzai to demand the end such attacks, saying that the UN mandate gave the troops the right to “conduct any kind of attack.”
Karzai warned that the continuation of such attacks would put NATO at the risk of being “viewed as an occupying force.” This is perhaps the least of NATO’s concerns, particularly a decade into the occupation of Afghanistan, but points to a growing discontent at the way they carry on this occupation.
Yea we're gonna ignore him. You know, becasue we care about democracy and all that.
The UN did not approve the bombing of civilian homes. Especially when they contain members of the general Alghan population. NATO and US forces have become as complicit as the Israelis in advocating public mayhem extrajudicial executions in the name of justice. Would all the occupying forces please go home and let the indigenous people sort out their own problems. And it might even take a civil war to settle the local issues, just like in the USA.
Sticks and stones…This guy Karzai is a real laugher…Any bets on how long it takes "NATO" to indiscriminately rain down death and destruction on innocent women and children? And any bets on whether Karzai follows through on his labeling "NATO" as "occupiers?" Any bets on whether "NATO" cares?
We all know that NATO and OBAMA and his murderers DO NOT CARE.
However it is up to all fair minded people to protest the indiscriminate killing of civilians by armed thugs like NATO.
They have no mandate for killing people regardless of whatever mandate THEY SAY THEY HAVE from the UN.
Karzai should now join the Taleban in their war of resistance against the foreign invaders of his country. Also Nato leaders should be indicted for warcrimes and same as the Serbian warcriminals be prosecuted before the International Crimal Court of Justice in The Hague.
And pigs should fly and elephants should be pink.
True cost of fascist amerikas occupation/ terrorism in the Middle East- the fascist amerikan empire is sliding into the abyss of failed empires ! There is NO stopping the slide ! Long term- its good as amerika blocks the way to World Peace !
Call me old fashion.., but it seams that this guy is still sleeping and dreaming of being the Afghanistan president saying to his master the following words: Karzai Warns NATO Risks Being Viewed as 'Occupying Force'.., you Hamid Karazi…, they all ready there and occupying your country.., they been there for last 11 years wakeup and smell the Saudi Arabian cafe…, you thought that you are somebody when you were working for their Oil companies.., now you are nobody. The title.., "president" is given to you.., they could take it way from you any time they want.., what you need to do is to tell them to GET OUT.., or BUTT OUT of my country then people of Afghanistan will support you.
But then the nice little "retirement package" provided by the USG (in the form of unaccountable cash payments in the million$$$) would most definitely stop coming. And once the occupiers are gone, assuming they actually left, I figure it would take a week or 2 before Mr. Karzai turned up missing, video to surface shortly after of his grisly demise at the hands of religious fanatics. Yup, that's what I see…
Oh, yeah. I'm sure they're gonna stop it this time.
Right now it's hard to charge anyone in America for war crimes but when they fall and the entire civalised world turns against them for their millions of murders than they will be brought to justice.If they are still alive when that happens but it will probably be within the next 10 years so most will get there day in court unlike the people they kill every single day including fellow Americans.If the American government turns on it's citizens thats if the military allows it and killes there own for the small amount of rich people whitch I can't say hows side they would take there criminal government or the citizens but if there military supports the government I can't see the world jumping to help Americans after all the death caused by there country with only minimal protests considering the size of the population.I feel sorry for the Americans but I belive that would happen if there government was succsesful and they will see what millions have been going through for many years.
Stop killing innocent civilians and bombing their homes?!!!! Karzai is fricking crazy. That will take all the fun out of war. Next thing you know he will be demanding the end to torture, rape, and the mutilation of dead bodies. This guy does not have a clue!
BREAKING NEWS June 1, 2011 – NATO SecGen Foggy Rasmussen tells Hamid Karzai, "go pound sand."
end of BREAKING NEWS break.
should have printed the "announcement" in the public notice section of the national enquirer, to really get some effect''' dis-claimer exspress,just keep the opium cool and everything will be just fine huy commander kraziii
"" … the Afghan government has no right under the UN mandate for Afghanistan to forbid attacks on civilian targets. ""
When you get to this point in humanity, where do you go from there? This is all one needs to know about the West's attitude towards the Middle East and it's people- and we moan and wail and wring our hands and wonder why oh why do they hate us so much?
Rev. Wright's sermon about 'chickens coming home to roost' doesn't even begin to cover the level of blow back that awaits the West one day, I fear.
Is this such a touchy subject our comments are being vetted now? If that's the case, what's the purpose of the rating system?
"" … the Afghan government has no right under the UN mandate for Afghanistan to forbid attacks on civilian targets. ""
This is all we need to know about the attitude of the West toward the nations and people of the Middle East. We moan and wail and wring our hands and wonder 'why oh why do they hate us so much'? while half a world away a parent is burying their child killed by a bomb made in the USA and delivered by an American pilot who probably never saw who or even cared about what he was bombing. School? House? Playground? It's all the same- just another set of coordinates on a map; who happens to live and play there isn't even factored into the mission. Just drop those bombs; they're already paid for anyway and if we use these us we can buy newer, better bombs.
Rev. Wright's sermon about 'chickens coming home to roost' doesn't even begin to cover the sort of blow back that awaits the West one day, I fear.
the thirty years war, the hundred year war, the global war on terror. back in the bad old days battles were fought on battlefields, the carnage was somewhat contained, not since guernica have these conditions obtained, and one could argue not since shermans march to the sea…………
this is exactly why we should get the hell out of these wars, either declare war, institute the draft, and take care of business, then we wouldn't be having this discussion, civilian deaths would be considered part of a package deal, not saying it's right, but there it is.
but once again, we have an amorphous enemy, global war where it is kosher to target our own citizens for killing, and no one able to declare what is considered "mission accomplished", no peace treaty, no armistice…………..
this is, once again, why we should follow the constitution to the letter, and more importantly the spirit of the law.
but then the disaster capitalism military/industrial/propaganda complex couldn't rake in all those profits, while bankrupting our country in the deal, now could they?
follow the spirit and letter of the law and you wouldn't have people like me dissing our gangster-in-chief, "bloody barack" obomber, peace be upon him.