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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 09:00 AM
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Rumsfeld's renegade unit blamed for Afghan deaths
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/rumsfelds-renegade-unit-blamed-for-afghan-deaths-1685704.html

Special Forces group implicated in three incidents that claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians / MarSOC was set up by former defence secretary despite opposition from within the Marine Corps

By Jerome Starkey in Kabul

Saturday, 16 May 2009


A single American Special Forces group was behind at least three of Afghanistan's worst civilian casualty incidents, The Independent has learnt, raising fundamental questions about their ongoing role in the conflict.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-16-09 09:04 AM
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1. The timing of the last attack was beyond strange
It is best described as sabotage of both the Afghan innocents and President Obama. He'd better remove those Bushco goons.

Notice how much changed since that act starting with the firing of the top man in Afghanistan.
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