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Old 07-13-08, 12:25 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Thread Starter US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'

How long will this stay up before being censored? The US MSM gave this a few seconds mention and then went on to a lengthy ramble about Jon Benet Ramsey. I think we can be certain that most reports of civilian deaths caused by the West in Afghanistan are true, no matter what the Military may say at first.


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US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'
A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says.

Reports at the time said that 20 people were killed in the airstrike in Nangarhar province. The US military said they were militants.

But local people said the dead were wedding party guests.

Correspondents say the issue of civilian casualties is hugely sensitive in Afghanistan.

President Hamid Karzai has said that no civilian casualty is acceptable. BBC NEWS | South Asia | US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'
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