Officials: 8 women killed in NATO airstrike
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(AP) KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan officials said a NATO airstrike killed eight women and girls who were out gathering firewood before dawn Sunday in a remote region on the east of the country.
The coalition said it believes only insurgents were hit.
Villagers from Laghman province's Alingar district brought the bodies to the governor's office in the provincial capital, said Sarhadi Zewak, a spokesman for the provincial government.
"They were shouting 'Death to America!' They were condemning the attack," Zewak said.
Seven injured females were brought to area hospitals for treatment, some of them as young as 10 years old, said provincial health director Latif Qayumi.
NATO forces at first said that about 45 insurgents and no civilians were killed in the attack, but spokesman Jamie Graybeal stressed later that they took the charge of civilian deaths seriously and were investigating the allegations.
He said, however, that initial reports showed only insurgents were killed in the airstrike.
Airstrikes have been a particularly sensitive issue between the Afghan people — who say civilians often end up killed along with or instead of insurgents — and NATO forces who maintain that they are a key tactic for going after insurgent leaders.
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formerlyluvnut - Do you TRULY believe that little children in Afghanistan DESERVE to die in agony at the hands of American forces? How can you possible live with yourself when you can say something like that????? If you don't think you can change then I think you should commit suicide. The world will be a better place without people like you.
Sam671 - If killing innocent women and children in retaliation is your idea of justice, then I hope you and your family get exactly the same 'justice'.
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There is NO such thing as "innocent" ANYBODY in the entire Middle East fool; if you think there is then you are a moron.
I hope you remember that the next time they kill some innocent US civilians
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Um, they do, everyday. Remember 9/11/2001????????
formerlyluvnut - Do you have evidence that these women and young girls collecting firewood were responsible for killing American troops? The CIA NEVER, EVER give any evidence about the people they kill, but hopefully you have some morals and you can give us the evidence....
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"Evidence"? No. Don't need it. Don't care. At the LEAST they provide aid, comfort & "services" to their "boys" that do. It's war. If we don't strike, they will. Boo hoo. Poop happens.
You seem to have forgotten.... YOU INVADED THEIR COUNTRY AND KILLED MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE!!!!!
Ma-Ma, get in front of me to bit the Bullet for me!!
Speaking of which, whatever happened to SSgt Robert Bales? Has his $1.4 million debt been paid in full after completing his assigned task in Afghanistan?