Afghans: Wedding Party Bombed, 27 Dead
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Afghan officials say fighter aircraft battling militants in Afghanistan accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony early today.
It's the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths.
But the U.S. military blames the claims on militant propaganda, saying its missiles only hit insurgents. A spokesman says the military has repeatedly seen militants falsely claim civilians were killed.
Even so, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan tells The Associated Press that the two reports are being investigated.
President Hamid Karzai had already ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians on Friday in eastern Afghanistan.
But the Defense Ministry said today that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants.
The issue of civilian casualties has caused friction between the Afghan government and U.S. and NATO troops. And it's weakened the standing of the Western-backed Karzai in the eyes of the population.
© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. It's the second military attack in three days with reports of civilian deaths.
But the U.S. military blames the claims on militant propaganda, saying its missiles only hit insurgents. A spokesman says the military has repeatedly seen militants falsely claim civilians were killed.
Even so, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan tells The Associated Press that the two reports are being investigated.
President Hamid Karzai had already ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from U.S. helicopters struck civilians on Friday in eastern Afghanistan.
But the Defense Ministry said today that the attack killed or wounded 20 militants.
The issue of civilian casualties has caused friction between the Afghan government and U.S. and NATO troops. And it's weakened the standing of the Western-backed Karzai in the eyes of the population.
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And the Afghanistan Government with a more enduring tradition of lying, chicanery, and corruption than ours is obviously entirely truthful, honest, and trustworthy. Their statements must be taken as fact, and the proof required to show that the U.S. has lied... really?
Why is it that liberals seem incapable of turning their cynicism with the U.S. Government against any other organization? Is Mugabe still a wonderful leader of the 1990''s who will bring Zimbabwe into the new millennium?
Oh, that didn''t work out. But surely Pravda was trustworthy during the Cold War, and Reagan was foolish to think we could outspend the USSR economy?
Oh, well that wasn''t true either. How about we try that same cynicism against both sides? Really practice equality and suspect that the other side is also a lying cheating *** who''d sell his grandmother for a bent nickel. You''ll end up a lot closer to the truth that way.
For the record, Dictators also nearly always lie to make themselves look better; countries used to military rule often have even more biased news than the U.S. does (shocking, hard to believe, but still true), and nearly everyone "shades" the truth to show themselves in a better light, or to play for sympathy, or just for self-aggrandizement.
Posted by FeelFree4U at 07:04 PM : Jul 06, 2008
Most likely 40 - 60 more will be killed or injured when they attend the funerals of those (27?), But that is The USA''s fault also because we exist.
sssshhhheeeeeeeessshhhh.
Posted by OneWorldUSA at 01:54 AM : Jul 07, 2008
We are there for the Caspian Sea Pipelines a project of UNOCAL and others....
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 ".
explains to us the niceties or lack
thereof in his attending or not
attending an Olympics, , ,
This is a WAR CRIMINAL not
wanting to hurt the FEELINGS
of another HUMAN BODY.
The HUMAN BODY ITSELF? , , ,
, ,ah we wont discuss that right now.
I guess the folks in the Middle East didn''t want to be outdone... so they started bringing in packs of C-4 explosives!
Now that''s called... having a blast!
But seriously...
...which propaganda has more "truthiness"?
That which comes from the U.S. government, or the "militants"?
Posted by hillaryin012 at 08:39 PM : Jul 06, 2008
I''m assuming that is the best you can muster in a debate?