U.S. Denies That Airstrike Took Afghan Civilian Toll

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan21mar21,1,7786386.story?coll=la-headlines-world

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — At least six Afghan civilians were killed and seven wounded in a U.S. airstrike in the southern province of Oruzgan, Afghan officials said Saturday.

Many of the casualties in the Friday night raid on a village were women and children, said a provincial government official who declined to be identified.

Six people had been killed and seven wounded, said a police officer, who also declined to be identified. A Pakistan-based Afghan news agency said three women and four men had been killed.

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"I have no information that indicates coalition forces killed any civilians in Oruzgan," he said. "Certainly I have no reports that women or children were killed."

...more...

"I mean of course, that there is a certain amount."

"Someone gave them to me, but I shredded them, so I don't have them any more."

and crying at the same time??

"I have no information that indicates coalition forces killed any civilians in Oruzgan," he said. "Certainly I have no reports that women or children were killed."

I see. I thought the military had admitted that it doesn't count the enemy dead.

Oh, that's right. The civilians in the area aren't the enemy.

"Must have been somebody else's airplane"

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