U.N. Blames U.S. in Afghan Deaths - Democratic Underground

spanone

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Tue Aug-26-08 11:24 AM
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U.N. Blames U.S. in Afghan Deaths

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United Nations said Tuesday it has found "convincing evidence" that U.S. coalition troops and Afghan forces killed some 90 civilians, including 60 children, in airstrikes in western Afghanistan.

The U.N. said it based its findings solely on the testimony of villagers and meetings with Afghan officials, and did not provide photos or evidence that its investigators saw any graves.

President Hamid Karzai's government, in a harshly worded statement, ordered its ministries of foreign affairs and defense to regulate the presence of foreign troops and try to negotiate an end to "airstrikes on civilian targets, uncoordinated house searches and illegal detention of Afghan civilians."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-Afghanistan.html?hp=&pagewanted=print

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Romulox

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Tue Aug-26-08 11:26 AM
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1. Time to leave Afghanistan. NOW. nt

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spanone

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Tue Aug-26-08 11:29 AM
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2. 60 children is unfuckingforgiveable imho

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