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Orwellian_Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:32 PM
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Afghan police: US airstrike kills 5 farmers loading cucumbers
Afghan police: US airstrike kills farmers
By NOOR KHAN and AMIR SHAH (AP)

August 5, 2009

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A local police chief says a Western airstrike has killed five farmers loading cucumbers into a taxi in southern Afghanistan.

A U.S. spokeswoman says the five were militants placing explosives in a van.

The U.S. imposed rules last month restricting airstrikes to limit civilian deaths causing deep resentment among Afghans.

District police chief Niaz Mohammad Sarhadi says the airstrike killed the five farmers at 11:30 p.m. Wednesday as they tried to move cucumbers from the rural Zhari district to the city of Kandahar.

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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:33 PM
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1. Recommend
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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:34 PM
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2. Given continued incidents like this, IMO Obama cannot win and should withdraw quickly. n/t
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chatnoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:38 PM
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3. Cucumbers?
Jesus god, how many more innocent lives must this country take? ;(
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:41 PM
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4. Deep resentment is putting it mildly.
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:47 PM
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5. Where are the angry American mobs seeking to disrupt gatherings in protest against being
made accessory to murders?
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:52 PM
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6. Reminds me of when they launched a Hellfire and killed all those people just because there was a...
...TALL dude in the group. No shit. If those are the rules of engagement, there are no rules.

PB
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 09:53 PM
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7. Vietnam.....without Life magazine and the night news casts....
the war will not be televised
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OwnedByFerrets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-06-09 10:06 PM
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8. The good news from that area just keeps on comeing.
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NecklyTyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 06:53 PM
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9. This war is a long way from being over
Bush and Cheney want it that way to help line the pockets of their friends in the defense companies
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ShadesOfGrey Donating Member (646 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:24 PM
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10. No kidding! Russia was there for how long before they gave up?

Why are WE even there? Somebody is profitting from this war and it's not the American citizens that are paying for it.
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Sultana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:25 PM
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11. :(
there are no words.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-07-09 07:35 PM
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12. Another Glorious Victory! "Bring 'em on!" "Smoke 'em out!" "USA!" "USA!"
“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy.” - Gandhi
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