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Orwellian_Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:10 AM
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Kandahar: US troops kill child, two Afghan women- But they said "sorry"

NATO "sorry" for killing Afghans, to investigate
Reuters


Sat Oct 24, 2:29 pm ET

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – NATO-led forces in Afghanistan said on Saturday they would investigate the killing of four Afghans, reported by police to include a child and two women, by foreign troops in southern Kandahar city.

"We are deeply sorry for the loss of any life, especially civilians," spokesman Colonel Wayne Shanks was quoted as saying in a NATO statement.

A Kandahar police official said a U.S. military convoy opened fire on a civilian vehicle, killing a child, two women and a man. A spokesman for NATO was unable to confirm the age and gender of the casualties.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091024/ts_nm/us_afghanistan_violence
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-25-09 07:21 AM
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1. Yeah, and Obama is dithering while our troops are in harm's way
Why didn't he fix this problem immediately in January?
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