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KABUL, Afghanistan — United States and NATO missile and mortar strikes continued to exact a heavy toll on Afghans over the weekend, killing at least 13 in two attacks that Afghan officials said were mistakes.
Nine Afghan police officers were killed Sunday and five others were wounded in western Afghanistan when a convoy of Afghan and United States forces called in airstrikes on the officers, thinking they were militants.
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At least four people were killed in the other episode when two mortar shells fired by the NATO-led force in Afghanistan went astray.
In Kabul, American lawyers working on the cases of Afghans detained at Bagram Air Base called on the United States government to end the legal “black hole” of hundreds being held by American forces in Afghanistan. None of the detainees have been charged and none are allowed lawyers.
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Also see: Taliban Jail Break (and related links therein)
As for Iraq, well, we got in there on a whole raft load of untruths!!
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BAGHDAD — American Special Operations forces shot to death the son and nephew of the governor of Salahuddin Province during a raid on Sunday in the northern city of Bayji, the latest in a series of operations that have resulted in the deaths of civilians or close associates of Iraqi government officials.
Iraqi and American officials offered sharply different accounts of the attack on Sunday in Bayji, 120 miles north of Baghdad, though the deputy provincial governor said American officials had already apologized to both him and Governor Qaisi, who was traveling in Turkey. Aides to the governor said American Special Operations forces broke into a house at 3 a.m. and fatally shot the governor’s 17-year-old son, Hussam. Maj. Muthanna Ibrahim, a spokesman for the governor, said Hussam was shot in his head, stomach and shoulder while he slept.
Hussam’s 23-year-old cousin, Uday Khalaf, awoke and tried to push open the door to Hussam’s room, but he was also shot and killed by the American troops, Major Ibrahim said. The house is owned by Hussam’s aunt, who is the mother of one of Hussam’s female cousins; Hussam and the female cousin had planned to marry soon, Major Ibrahim said.
The deputy governor of Salahuddin, Abdullah Jabarah, said there had been at least two similar attacks in the area by American troops. “These troops usually use excessive force when they conduct operations,” he said. The Salahuddin Provincial Council issued a statement saying the attack was an indication of “how the American forces disregard the souls of Iraqi citizens.”
The military also acknowledged that “there are no indications at this time” that the governor’s son and nephew were members of Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the name for a homegrown Sunni insurgent group that often serves as a catch-all description that the military uses for Sunni gunmen who attack American forces.
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Translation: "Al-CIA-Duh" is a CROCK of SHIT!!!
Just used to describe ANYONE who opposes U.S. occupation and wants us out.
