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2010-02-22 Afghanistan

NATO Airstrike Killed at Least 27 'Civilians'

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Posted by Glenmore 2010-02-22 08:03|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

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NATO confirmed that its planes fired on what it believed was a group of insurgents on their way to attack NATO and Afghan forces, but later discovered that women and children were in the vehicles.

These two things are not mutually exclusive.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-02-22 08:14|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-02-22 08:14|| Front Page Top

#2 The Afghanistan Council of Ministers strongly condemned the air strike

Granted, its the Poobahs job to condemn these tragedies. But, for once, it would be nice if they acknowledged the difficulties in eradicating the parasites amongst them.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-02-22 08:57|| 2010-02-22 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Shoulda moved out weeks ago , no sympathy .

Posted by Granpaw 2010-02-22 11:40|| 2010-02-22 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 In another news I learned that those 27 civilans were 4 women, 1 child and 22 men Starnge demographic composition don't you think?

Posted by JFM 2010-02-22 15:16|| 2010-02-22 15:16|| Front Page Top

#5 I imagine at least 22 of those "civilians" needed killin'.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2010-02-22 19:48|| 2010-02-22 19:48|| Front Page Top

#6 So they jammed 27 people into three cars. Wow. I sort of wonder if they put the women and child in the cars long before the drones came along so that they wouldn't be seen. I imagine that it would be tough to distinguish women and children from men from the drones' point of view.

Posted by gorb 2010-02-22 20:46|| 2010-02-22 20:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Starnge demographic composition don't you think?

Plenty reports of the Brave Lions of Islam taking women and children hostages with them when moving believing westerners won't attack, of which they are correct. The trick is to make it known the taliban have hostages. Same for firefights. They put women and children in front of them, making them almost immune from air strikes and forcing the infantry to aim every shot. It works due to a strange reversion of morality the West has adopted. Even the Afghans are complaining about it. Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields' - general

Posted by ed 2010-02-22 20:52|| 2010-02-22 20:52|| Front Page Top

#8 strange reversion = strange inversion

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