Afghan Official Says U.S. Strike Kills 22

U.S. Says Airstrike Hit Militants; Afghan Governor Claims Victims Were Civilians

(AP)  The U.S. military said airstrikes by its attack helicopters hit two vehicles carrying insurgents in eastern Afghanistan. The province's governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed.

A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said Friday the airstrikes in Nuristan province hit militants who earlier attacked a U.S. military base with mortars.

The helicopters identified the militants' firing positions, tracked them down and destroyed the vehicles they were traveling in, said 1st Lt. Nathan Perry.

"These were combatants. These were people who were firing on us," Perry said. "We have no reports of noncombatant injuries."

He gave no account of casualties in the vehicles.

Nuristan's Gov. Tamim Nuristani said, however, 22 civilians were killed in the Waygal district of Nuristan province. "This afternoon (Friday), two civilian vehicles were hit by airstrikes," Nuristani said over the phone.

Among those killed were a woman and a child. All 22 dead bodies were brought to a provincial hospital, Nuristani said. Seven other people were wounded.

"Last night, the opposition fired rockets at the (U.S.) base ... and today this incident happened," said Nuristani, speaking from Kabul.

The military base is 6 miles away from the place where the airstrikes happened, Nuristani said.

It was impossible to independently verify any of the claims because of the remoteness of the area.

In other violence, gunmen lobbed a grenade and sprayed a police checkpoint with gunfire in the southern Kandahar province, killing eight officers, said provincial police chief Sumanwal Matiullah.

Overall, more than 8,000 people were killed in insurgency-related attacks in Afghanistan last year - the most since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. Violence has claimed more than 2,100 lives so far this year.

[samsel3]

The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman will send oil & gas on to India & Nepal.

It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first. The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market.

This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion.

Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration.

[samsel3]

The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman and on to India & Nepal.

It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first. The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market.

This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion.

Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration.

[samsel3]

And the extermination continues............

More than a year and half before 911 the CIA Special Activities Division was conducting operations in Afghanistan, trying to topple the Taliban regime for the Caspian Sea Oil & Gas Pipelines...........We now call such activities terror.



February 12, 1998 John J. Maresca vp of UNOCAL oil appeared before a House sub committee. The purpose of the meeting was to gain support for exploitation of oil & natural gas resources, for the rights purchased by BIG OIL in the Caspian Sea area.

In his testimony he stated, "The key question is how the energy resources of Central Asia can be made available to nearby Asian markets ".

The exploitation option stated : "One obvious route south would cross Iran, but this is foreclosed by American companies because of U.S. sanctions (with Iran ) .
The only other possible route is across Afghanistan, which of course has it''s own unique challenges. " He continued saying,
" the pipeline we have proposed across Afghanistan could not begin until a recognized government is in place that has the confidence of governments,lenders (world monitary fund & world bank ) ,and our company "......"

UNOCAL and other American companies are prepared to undertake the job ".

[samsel3]

The Caspian Sea pipeline which will go through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,Pakistan, to the gulf of Oman and on to India & Nepal.

It will be cheaper to construct if they can go through Iran, but regime change is necessary first. The Caspian sea area holds one third of the world''s oil and south asian oil markets are their target market.

This pipeline was also the reason for the Afghanistan invasion.

Cheney''s energy policy is the root of all these middle east wars, a federal court judge sealed all documents associated with it for the administration.

[samsel3]

American''s are dying in Afghanistan for UNOCAL Union Oil Corp. California. The president of UNOCAL and Cheney are long time buddies.

[tootall10142]

UNCLE LAKIM IS DROPPING BY FOR TEA AT NOON TODAY AND NOBODY KNOWS HE IS GOING TO BE HERE.WE HOPE! WRONG PLACE WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE YOU DIE A WRONGFUL DEATH. CHILD OR FETUS THESE ARE THE CASULTIES OF WAR AND THE FUTURE BREEDERS OF TALIBAN .WISHED THET HAD GOT TO KILL TWO THOUSAND OF THE SEEM TO BE HOPELESS SAND SWEEPING TWO-FACED WHOOORE MONGERING BABY RAPING THIEVING SONS OF DOGS.

[bladan58z]

George W. Bush received a good graft payment today from the Saudis. They insist that the price for a barrel of oil will reach $200. Bush is the most bribed public official in this country''s history. After he leaves office, Congress will be free to investigate his felonious activities.

[bladan58z]

Osama Bin Laden is dedicated to death dealing. Taliban are routinely executed by his Guard. If not, they are blindly sent against Pakistani and Coalition guns. Bin Laden resorts to any method of reducing rank and file Arabs. He claims immortality and omnipotence. Taliban have every reason to reject Bin Laden''s despotism.

[feelfree4u]

Re: "Overall, more than 8,000 people were killed in insurgency-related attacks in Afghanistan last year - the most since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion. Violence has claimed more than 2,100 lives so far this year."


Of those, how many were murdered by U.S. bombs and bullets?

[feelfree4u]

Re: "The province''s governor said 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, were killed."

How many more civilians will we have to execute in Afghanistan before we know that we have "won"?