Witnesses of the massacre carried out by a US Army staff sergeant in the Kandahar Province overnight are providing additional details about the attack, which killed 16 Afghan civilians and left a number of others wounded.
Gunshots began at 2:00 AM, when the soldier shot a barking dog. Rafiullah, one of the survivors of the attack, was shot in the leg when the soldier burst into his family’s home. Another, Jan Agha, says that he pretended to be dead when gunshots burst through his window, killing his father. He mother, brother and sister were also killed during the attack.
Jan Agha’s story is likely to be a particular focus of the massacre, because he says he believes more than one US soldier entered the house during the attack and “stayed in our house for a while.” Several other witness stories also speak of multiple attackers. The US military is insisting there was only one gunman.
NATO has provided next to no information about the killings, with spokesman Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson saying “all we know so far is he left the base.” He added that an investigation of the “doings” is ongoing.
OOOOOOOOO Yeah………….. There is some probably British CLOWN saying that any "wrongdoing" will be punished……. But didn't we learn just weeks ago that angry troops are allowed to break into homes and kill even the children……. for NO reason………????????? http://www.drudge.com/news/152846/haditha-verdict… Here the soldiers were angry, killed 24 and ONE of THEM got THREE MONTHS in the brig….. http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/articl… http://archie-templar.blogspot.com/2012/01/world-…
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I agree. People try to make excuses, that it is war, all you care about is saving yourself and your buddies, etc. But sorry, if you are killing non-combatant CHILDREN IN THEIR SLEEP, you are a f*cking monster of the worst sort.
I can't wait till they find these pukebags, give em a slap on the wrist, then let them roam the streets of America again, so I can feel all the more safer.
They only do this because they CAN. No one nation, or group of nations dare stop this slaughter of innocents in Afghanistan. No one righteous and powerful is left to oppose NATO as they run amok, and it is very sad how life becomes cheaper by the day.
Those damned raghead Afghans. How dare they get angry just 'cause a few of them got killed? After all, the liberators are keeping them safe from the Taliban, ain’t they – and they bear witness against them?
And we all know them there Afghan burn their own kids to make it look like our brave heroes are doin’ it. Them savages just get angry over nothin’ at all – burnin’ their religious books, raidin’ their villages, bombin’ their kids, pissin' on their dead, an’ suchlike. Ain’t nothin’ but savages there.
Nuke ‘em all, I say! And off with Obama's head for apologisin' and condolin', too. We don't apologise to anyone!
Damned scum, all of them.
no witnesses as the only “psychiatrist” in theater was playing gulf, so i guess that means thares kno witnesses left alive as it took about 20 or 30 minutes “they say” to “mop up”,,,over,oo
Deadly force, if it causes the slightest injustice, will put any conflict on a fast track to all out war. Problem is, the Afghan situation going back over a century has always been a 5% rich educated class striving to enslave a 90% illiterate laboring-class, a goal that can only be accomplished by the help of other nations, Russia for a time and now NATO for a longer time.
Surely an impossible situation so long as foreign troops destroy the autonomy of a nation.
Lone gunman. What a crock of lying, US military business as usual BULLSH*T.
All the Army does is lie. About everything!
More than one American was involved as no single soldier would have been allowed outside the compound, heavily armed with a vehicle.
Gate security received authorization for the “mission” from the watch officer at the “Combat Operations Center” at the base, the 24 hour nerve center than coordinates both offensive and defensive missions for even the smallest commands.
No “reaction force” was sent to investigate though this was right outside the gates. Radio contact would have been attempted, and there would be recorded records of this and all other activities, as required by normal procedures.
I agree with ML3 they (US military and western news media) make it look as if it is an isolated 'incident'. No occupation/collaborator soldier would dare to enter an Afghan village just by himself as it puts his chances of survival on the line.
I look forward to the whitewash investigation, the excuses and the release of these murderers for lack of evidence or some other bullsh*t like that. Truly sickening! The Empire outdoes itself with each and every subsequent event. However, the beauty is that all of those trigger-happy mercenaries will be coming back one day and that day, they will reek the same havoc here as they did elsewhere. And that is called Karma and that is the reason why it's a bitch.