Local police are confirming that a NATO-led night raid against the Logar Province left at least five civilians, including four children dead, and a number of others wounded.
Logar official Rais Seddiq confirmed that two of the slain civilians were killed immediately, and that three others died of their wounds in the hospital. The confirmation sparked an angry reaction from the Afghan Defense Ministry.
“All those killed were armed,” the ministry insisted, following up on the previous report that claimed 23 “Taliban” were killed and no civilians. The Taliban had insisted they only lost 12 members, but also reported civilian bystanders were killed in the attack.
Night raids have been hugely controversial in Afghanistan, with the Karzai government repeatedly attempting to ban them entirely, and NATO repeatedly claiming the reports of civilian deaths are overstated. The incident today may point to a split between Karzai and the defense ministry.
probably shot them in the back, cannot be too careful with children
I see the NATO strategy – if they can't kill 25 yr old REAL Taliban, they kill 4 yr old "potential" Taliban. Yep, that works. It covers the body count problem.
It's the kind of thing that makes one wonder how long before the VICTIMS of these COLONIAL ANTI MUSLIM AGGRESSIONS start working on plans to eliminate the problem……… permanently…!!! Are our chosen friends listening…???
It's the kind of thing that makes one wonder how long before the VICTIMS of these COLONIAL ANTI MUSLIM AGGRESSIONS start working on plans to eliminate the problem……… permanently…!!! Primarily for their own protection and for the protection of their children! Are our chosen friends listening…???
It's the kind of thing that makes one wonder how long before the VICTIMS of these COLONIAL ANTI MUSLIM AGGRESSIONS start working on plans to eliminate the problem……… permanently…!!! Primarily for their own protection and for the protection of their children! Are our chosen friends listening…???
This is the nature of one or two militarism regime (EU and usa) cooperating.., this is the act by the Anglo Saxon protecting the vulture capitalism interests in another country with a lap dog regime as government.
There are too many unknowns here to draw proper conclusions. Because there is no actual journalism happening onsite we have to rely upon "official" "unofficial comments" – which usually are focused on obfuscation of the real facts. Nowhere does it state the ages of the "children" who were supposedly carrying weapons. If these "children" were in fact 15+, for example, in a country where weapons are common everywhere, the argument could be made that they were Taliban – or were actually just unlucky bystanders. Since the truth is hard to determine based on what is known we can draw no conclusions.
However, if "NATO" wasn't in fact there to begin with, the probability of any children of any age dying would most likely be greatly reduced, one would think.
“There can be security only in expansion”
Did not our voting majority, the 51% most greedy voters the world has ever known, did they not vote to cannon slaughter whole villages of native Americans after President Andrew Jackson declared the above?
And when President Truman ordered the nuke slaughter of 220,000 civilians in Japan, all to give birth to our Empire by terrorize the world into submission, did he not know that such brutal imperialism was exactly what would please most our voting majority?
No I don't support 'our troops'. I don't believe that they are 'fighting to defend our freedom'. 'If you value your freedom, thank a vet' ? I'll go as far as thanking a WWII vet for that, and yes I believe they saved the world from Nazi tyranny, but that's it. After that it was all about hegemony and imperialism. And too many innocents have been murdered under that banner.
Wonderful, I am sure that some of those soldiers will get medals of honor for fighting in Afghanistan after they go home.
Medal for a Crime
by michael hall
Your spun a lie as a patriotic shield so that you'll kill more easily without guilt or remorse
and it doesn't matter if your team is russian,german or american
serve to eradicate any at the order of others who own you…for a flag, for a buck, for 'legal' robbery
if you do your killing well consequently your ceremonially given a medal for committing a crime
So then they ship you to a land you've never heard of
to terrorize families who've never done harm to you or yours
but they tell you must 'fight for your country or your country will die'
they tell you a loving God is on your side…
But what God sends his own children to slaughter his own children
when we are commanded not to kill?
what God sanctions torture to be cruel
when, we are demanded of to follow the golden rule?
Where is the God who would strafe a village
when collaterally or otherwise children are killed by your own violence
what God i dare you to stain who would profane his name by such nefarious action?
What religion tells any of us to kill for greed and selfishness?
You join a gang of killers who are dogmatically worshiped beyond reproach
your brainwashed into longing to murder with mob-lust by whoever gives you a command
your absolved of conscience and guilt by whatever you do in your countries name, what gall
then when your tour is over having cashed in for your services, you might even get a shiny medal
But they never told you about when you go home
horror folded with military precision within your duffel bag
they bequeathed you a soldiers heart that never misses a beat
the moral injury that eats at your soul every night and day
at the VA they tell you be a good soldier and just go away
You stare at the medal they pompously gave you for hours and hours days upon days
yet once again, you take it to the bathroom traumatized & obsessed, you scrub to wipe away
to wash the innocent blood off your radiant medal but it never washes away…
and your red hands are just one pair of many many misplaced
Do you know sarcasm?
People forget that no Taliban ever came over to the united states and killed any american,not a one…ever….But 15 Saudi's did 911 and what did america do to the country that finances the very terrorism that came over here? We sold them the largest military contract the world has ever seen..mmm….
The Silver Drone with Coca-Cola Cluster
by michael hall
What audacity it must take to set yourself apart from those who serve in the pressure cooker
for a kid gangsta of capitalism to sip a cold coke tightly clasped
while the other hand is stroking a joystick & with just gentle pressure
8000 miles away human beings who have never done his or hers any harm are now droned into bugsplat
What exceptional bravery this act of aggressive violence must trigger
for s/he might suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome or bear a blister on the finger
with nerves of steel ne'er to complain for lives are at stake so s/he carries on & pushes the button of terror
careful, what if the soda spilled thereby rendering the keyboard useless? Oh the horror!
To wreak out death upon terrorists diabolically disguised as sheep-herding children, ah the discerning bravery
to slaughter dangerous pregnant women at a bridal shower, what pluck & heroism
to kill marauding medics & first-responders daring to help the wounded from your earlier kill, irreproachable daring
such gallantry and fearlessness one must exhibit to slaughter mourners at a funeral procession
So to show recognition to the brave souls who kill at command at the press of a knob 1/2 a world yonder a distinguished 'warfare' medal of honor has been created to award those who have no honor
announced with grandiose fanfare & full flags a' flapping just the other day by war criminal DS Panetta
this will outrank the bronze star, the purple heart & what a triumph is that america?
Such a propaganda coup d'état by the bureaucrats in subterranean dusty think tanks deem
spun a wonderful way to legitimize a most immoral & illegal act that defines odium
as they flim-flammed & came up with this 'combat' decoration for a most despicable accomplishment
still i wonder what lucky american school kid will be the first to touch one or to toss it down a toilet
Back at home in the united states of mordor vat is known now as da faterland
a great cackle of cheering among thunderous applause droned at every school, church & walmart throughout the homeland
to praise & pay tribute to those daring war-idols who've earned such a distinguished medal confer
the much coveted and respected; 'Silver Drone with Coca-Cola Cluster'
For who else should earn by total disregard to personal safety with such displays of video gallantry & virtual valor won
nobody else could deserve such a high tribute & renowned award squealed Leon Panetta from atop a nefarious pile of splattered blood & bleached broken bones swept under the rug by the embedded media & acquiescent proletariat
these extraordinary actions by lightening slight of hand manipulation upon a joystick of discriminating death with unthinking critical process performed by our blue-blooded obedient hired guns
to illegally & immorally murder anyone anywhere anytime for any reason above the rule of law is now the definition of American Hero & the legalities for the justification of it are classified… 'secret'