Western troops accused of executing 10 Afghan civilians, including children

Times on line ^ | 12/31/09 | Jerome Starkey In Kabul

[Nachum]

American-led troops were accused yesterday of dragging innocent children from their beds and shooting them during a night raid that left ten people dead.

Afghan government investigators said that eight schoolchildren were killed, all but one of them from the same family. Locals said that some victims were handcuffed before being killed.

Western military sources said that the dead were all part of an Afghan terrorist cell responsible for manufacturing improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which have claimed the lives of countless soldiers and civilians.

[darkwing104]

[2banana]

In Jalalabad, protesters set alight a US flag and an effigy of President Obama after chanting “Death to Obama” and “Death to foreign forces”.

0bama's war...

[Gene Eric]

ping

[Shaun_MD]

No no no you’ve got it all wrong. It was a wedding being held in a baby milk factory. Baby milk for kittens and puppies. The puppies were stomped and the kittens thrown into blenders.

[gura]

What's wrong, we didn't do it at halftime like the Taliban?

[BuffaloJack]

100% Bullsh!t.
Our guys would not do this. I would believe that it was muzzies in American uniforms though.

[MestaMachine]

Not in this life. This is insane!

[HiTech RedNeck]

This isn’t the American style. More likely they would end up in some huge orphanage.

[444Flyer]

They LIE!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Also, I wonder if “schoolchildren” is by US standards where it is customary for young men and women in their late teens to be in senior high (or high, depending on local nomenclature). By that point they might well be serving in US forces.

[jessduntno]

[Shaun_MD]

Yes and in 20 years we’re back to square one

[darkwing104]

They were handcuffed and why waste perfectly good Ammo.

My bet is they crossed the local tribal leader and he wanted them eliminated. This staged event and the story would draw attention away from the warlord. The crime of educating little girls warrants the death penalty from many mussies.

[BobL]

You mean that we’re finally starting to play by their rules.

If so, this war will end very soon.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Be careful, if it’s not absolutely clear you’re kidding, some folks with arugula in their pants might ban you.

[Shaun_MD]

Notice how my comment got deleted? lol

[Red6]

These stories ALMOST always turn out to be complete bullshit and I can list a bunch of examples.

i.e.

The Iraq wedding attack story. Turns out those were actually bad guys.

The Iraq Apache 30mm engagement of 4 men in a field. Turns out they were trading arms and one guy in the unedited video can be seen trying to pull a MANPADS from a burlap bag before he's shot.

There have been several Pakistan predator missile attacks where locals make all sorts of claims and it turns out the ones making these claims are actually on the periphery, playing with the bad guys and just didn't happen to be squatting in the building when it was blown up.

And on and on and on..................

These stories usually surface because we give a high degree of credibility to incredible local sources, because make belief reporters and locals play up a concocted story and are themselves often involved in some bad stuff or simply looking for a scandalous story to sell........

[HiTech RedNeck]

My bet is they crossed the local tribal leader and he wanted them eliminated.

American troops wouldn't consent to play along with this game. But impostors dressed as same might. That would be a good way to "fake out" an unsuspecting family.