Afghans: U.S. Airstrike Killed Civilians

[Judi Lynn]

Afghans: U.S. Airstrike Killed Civilians

By NOOR KHAN
Associated Press Writer

August 11, 2005, 4:44 AM EDT

QALAT, Afghanistan -- Residents of a remote village in southern Afghanistan said Thursday that U.S. warplanes bombed houses during operations against militants this week, killing several civilians.

Zabul province Gov. Ali Khail said that U.S.-led coalition forces had "made a mistake" during recent operations in the province, but gave no details. "There were some casualties among villagers, but I don't know the exact number," he said.

The U.S. military denied that any civilians had been in the area of the fighting Monday in the Day Chopan district where the villagers come from. The military said earlier that 18 suspected insurgents and one U.S. service member were killed in a clash -- one of five Americans to die in action in Afghanistan in the past week.
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"The children were crying and they were very afraid," said a weeping Sadia Bibi, 50. "These planes killed my relatives. We are poor and innocent people. Why are they killing us?"
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ats-ap_intl18aug11,0,1930824.story?coll=ny-leadworldnews-headlines

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Why are we still doing bombing runs in a country

that we own and occupy? This isn't necessary when who have already established bases and have the freedom and ability to drive anywhere you want to go. Next time why don't we just drive over in order to track down the so-called militants before drop some more bombs on innocent people.

[LiberalVoice]

2. Because we dont own or completely occupy the country. nt

[Nihil]

3. Because ...

... if you drive over you'll get your arse handed to you whilst if you
simply bomb the shit out of the area you can claim that all of the
naughty "militants" were successfully removed.

[Moderator]

4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1693163