"U.S. to investigate report of airstrike hitting Afghan wedding party
by M. Karim Faiez and Laura King
November 6, 2008
The U.S. military said Wednesday that it was investigating a report that an American airstrike hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, killing dozens of civilians.
The airstrike report came from Kandahar province....
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which is the scene of near-constant fighting between foreign forces and the Taliban
Yeah, you wouldn't want to report the war or anything, would you, MSM?
....Western news agencies quoted residents of the remote village of Wech Bagtu as saying that an airstrike Monday destroyed a residential compound where a wedding was being celebrated, killing about three dozen people, most of them women and children. The bride was said to be one of those injured. The report could not be immediately confirmed.
Afghan authorities, backed by the United Nations, said the strike killed 90 civilians, many of them women and children. U.S. officials initially said about 25 militants and five civilians had been killed. But after reinvestigating the incident, the American military acknowledged that 33 civilians died in the raid. The initial U.S. denials infuriated many Afghans. --more--"
Of course, Americans and Israelis are happy to have their women and children murdered by air bombs. Those ungrateful Muslims.
The U.S. military said Wednesday that it was investigating a report that an American airstrike hit a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, killing dozens of civilians.
The airstrike report came from Kandahar province....
Cut:
which is the scene of near-constant fighting between foreign forces and the Taliban
Yeah, you wouldn't want to report the war or anything, would you, MSM?
....Western news agencies quoted residents of the remote village of Wech Bagtu as saying that an airstrike Monday destroyed a residential compound where a wedding was being celebrated, killing about three dozen people, most of them women and children. The bride was said to be one of those injured. The report could not be immediately confirmed.
Afghan authorities, backed by the United Nations, said the strike killed 90 civilians, many of them women and children. U.S. officials initially said about 25 militants and five civilians had been killed. But after reinvestigating the incident, the American military acknowledged that 33 civilians died in the raid. The initial U.S. denials infuriated many Afghans. --more--"
Of course, Americans and Israelis are happy to have their women and children murdered by air bombs. Those ungrateful Muslims.
