The Taliban’s threat of violent retaliation in response to the US massacre over the weekend was followed up quickly with an attack on an Afghan government team at the massacre site.
The attack came during a meeting between civilians and the Karzai investigative team, which included two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers. Neither was harmed, but one Afghan soldier was killed in the strike.
Provincial Governor Toryalai Wesa, who was in the village at the time of the attack, said it underscores the ability of the Taliban to continue to attack even places with heightened security.
The US says it continues to hold the staff sergeant, whose name has not been released, over the attack. The soldier killed 16 people, including 11 from one family, and wounded five others. Officials have promised a “thorough investigation,” but such promises have been made and broken in the past; the latest is unlikely to defuse anger at the occupation forces.
Regarding the massacre, at least one witness claims more than one individual was involved, as Jason covered previously. Yet the definite article ( hold the staff sergeant […] The soldier killed ) seems to conform with a US gov't story thus far. I'd make them prove it, no freebies…
My thoughts exactly. Also, how was *one* individual able to stroll from home to home, killing at his leisure—and even taking time to set bodies ablaze—without any obvious resistance from his victims or their neighbors? Very much sounds like the work of a group—and smells like a clumsy coverup.
Lt. Calley did it all didn't he???
It's my impression (i.e., I couldn't sit and list instances) that the news section here will kinda slip into assuming a US gov't/establishment narrative –sometimes as 'subtly' as I think it did above. I guess there's a 'judgement call' for the above: the wording might be interpreted as just reporting on gov't assertions… but, as written, there'd be readers who'd sorta assume-along-with it. I see your nose is saying something like the ('01 or '02 ?) document dump on Columbine purportedly sez.
That shooter has a bright future in his home town police department. Potential "officer of the year."
He's in good company,Obama and Killery Clinton
Too bad they missed Panetta. Maybe next time.