Sunday, March 11, 2012

US Soldier guns down 16 Afghan Civilians-Including 9 Children

A US soldier has killed at least 16 civilians after opening fire on them near a US military base in Kandahar. There are nine children among the victims, Afghan authorities say.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai qualified the incident as an “assassination” and demanded an explanation from Washington, reports the Associated Press.

"This is an assassination, an intentional killing of innocent civilians and cannot be forgiven," Karzai said in a statement.

An official from the Panjwai district of Kandahar told The New York Times that the US soldier broke into three houses near the military base, killing 11 in the first and four in the second. He wounded a further five.
According to one of the villagers the soldier acted alone and there was no fighting, adding that one of the houses raided belonged to a tribal elder.

READ FULL STORY HERE...

http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-coalition-shooting-287/

Also here are a couple other war crimes...

'Disgusting' video is 'recruitment tool for the Taliban': Outrage across the world after footage emerges showing U.S. troops 'urinating on dead Afghan bodies'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085378/US-troops-urinating-dead-Afghan-bodies-video-used-Taliban-recruitment-tool.html

Quran burning: Mistake, crime, and metaphor

The failure of the US to appreciate the seriousness of Quran burnings undermines claims of benevolence in Afghanistan.

READ MORE HERE...

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/20123785644715832.html

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