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| Case dropped against Kunduz airstrike colonel | ||
| 2010-04-21 | ||
According to the prosecution, neither Klein nor any of the other officers present before the attack were in a position to know that there were still civilians at the site at the time of the airstrikes. "On the contrary, after a thorough assessment of the situation, they could assume that there were only insurgents present," the Karlsruhe-based prosecution said in a statement on Monday. Colonel Klein had, therefore, not acted in violation of either the international or German criminal code, the prosecution said. Ordering the airstrike on two fuel trucks that had been hijacked by Taliban insurgents did not qualify as an illegal method of warfare. On September 4, 2009, Klein had requested a NATO airstrike against the two trucks fearing they would be used to attack a German troop base nearby. The attack killed up to 142 people, many of whom were civilians.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Colonel Klein had, therefore, not acted in violation of either the international or German criminal code, the prosecution said. Ah, but maybe in violation of bogus fake non-existent international law made up by the usual suspects of pseudo human rights groups and anti-Western civilization cabals. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-04-21 09:25 |
| #1 TW, you'll need these: "" You can put them around the word "professional". ;-) |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-04-21 00:11 |