Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid

[DogPoundPup]

Source: Yahoo News

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two videos that appear to show the bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds lend weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid killed scores of civilians last month.

One video, obtained by The Associated Press on Monday and apparently taken by a cell phone, is grainy and details such as a precise body count are difficult to make out. But it appears that several dozen bodies, all covered by blankets, are lined up one next to another in a mosque.

Wailing Afghan women and men occasionally lift the blankets to show dead children or the disfigured faces of men.

A second video shows three young children wrapped in white shrouds. A fourth child has gruesome head wounds. In total, the bodies of at least 10 children can be seen.

The two videos, both obtained by The Associated Press, give weight to Afghan and U.N. findings that scores of civilians, including 60 children and 15 women, died in the Aug. 22 U.S.-led raid in the village of Azizabad. U.S. special forces and Afghan commandos carried out the operation.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080908/ap_on_re_as/afghan_civilian_deaths

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. Cue up Lee Greenwood.....

If tomorrow all the things were gone,
I’d worked for all my life.
And I had to start again,
with just my children and my wife.

I’d thank my lucky stars,
to be livin here today.
‘ Cause the flag still stands for freedom,
and they can’t take that away.

And I’m proud to be an American,
where at least I know I’m free.
And I wont forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.

And I gladly stand up,
next to you and defend her still today.
‘ Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land,
God bless the USA.

Makes me want to :puke: :puke: :puke:

[pleah]

2. Way to win those hearts and minds!

:sarcasm:


What are we going to do when the thugs steal this election and the body count sky rockets?

[mwb970]

3. These stories are always the same.

The Afghans say dozens of civilians were killed. The US says there were two or three. There's an investigation. The Afghans were right. We never hear about it again.

Rinse and repeat.

[1620rock]

4. But, but, were pro-life?

[Gregorian]

7. Pro-life and pro-war. A mind that can do that is a sick mind.

I'm glad you mentioned that. I sometimes forget whom we are up against. And just how unconscious they are.

[The Stranger]

5. I remember the DU "Support the Troops" thread-rallies that used to be here.

And I always questioned the whole fascist exercise.

[Gregorian]

6. Think McCain. This is where America heads if republicans remain in power.

What does it take to wake Americans out of their self-obsessed state?

We are not alone on this planet. In fact, WE are killing people. YOU are killing people. I am killing people.

Wake up America.

[High Plains]

8. Think Obama, too. He wants to escalate this occupation.

Imperial war appears to be a bipartisan enterprise.

[Gregorian]

9. I do hear him speak. But I wonder about it.

I have a feeling he's being smart. In other words, getting votes.

I may be wrong. If he does what he is talking about, then I'm less than enthusiastic about him. He even uses the idea that the surge is working. Bullflop!

[High Plains]

11. I take Obama at his word, as we should.

And it looks like he would get us deeper into a very ugly, fucked up mess.

[Montypython]

10. Video?

Where do these videos come from? I could show you "videos" of aliens, bigfoot and the Yeti. Come on people. I hate the military, Bush and this whole rotten country as much as anyone here but give me a freakin' break. Do you remember the Haditha video? It was a piece of crap and all the Marines walked because they were not guilty. We wanted it to be true and ended up looking like clowns when it was not. If you want to end this war we need to make sure the US looses it. The only way is to send money, weapons and know how to the insurgants.