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U.S. Drone Strikes Kill Children
asia tribune ^ | 09 April | asian Tribune

Posted on 04/15/2013 4:34:02 PM PDT by RC one

Washington, D.C. 09 April (Asiantribune.com): It has been reported that an American military airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, April 6 that targeted a senior Taliban commander finally ended up in killing 18 people including women and children.

Following an intense fighting on the ground American air support was called to flatten the home of the commander whose name has been released as Ali Khan In addition to killing Ali Khan and several other Taliban fighters, at least 10 children died, and at least 5 women were wounded, said Abdul Zahir Safi, the governor of the Shigal district, where the attack occurred. Afghan officials said they believed the women and children were relatives of the Taliban commander.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; alikhan; drones; gwot; taliban; uav

1 posted on 04/15/2013 4:34:02 PM PDT by RC one
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To: RC one

Duh.


2 posted on 04/15/2013 4:35:00 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: RC one

War is hell. Always has been.


3 posted on 04/15/2013 4:37:39 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: RC one

Taliban and Palestinians shield themselves with women and children because Palestinians and Taliban are depraved


4 posted on 04/15/2013 4:39:33 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: RC one

yawn


5 posted on 04/15/2013 4:39:55 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: bigheadfred

6 posted on 04/15/2013 4:43:19 PM PDT by RC one (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: RC one

What if they are Jihadists in training?


7 posted on 04/15/2013 4:45:50 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: RC one

More air for me to breathe. That 20 year old Saudi who was involved in todays attacks was a 9 year old for 9/11. Anyone being raised in a terror leaders compound is gonna be one too.

Sad,,possibly. But face facts, nuke em from orbit.


8 posted on 04/15/2013 4:48:29 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: Paladin2

what if today’s events were retalliation? that’s all I’m saying. Seems more likely than pissed off republicans.


9 posted on 04/15/2013 4:50:55 PM PDT by RC one (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: RC one

When illegal combatants hide themselves among protected noncombatants, they do not thereby gain legal protection. Rather, they withdraw protection from noncombatants who would otherwise be legally protected.

The rules are written that way to provide no legal incentive for an illegal combatant to act illegally.

In this case, the illegal combatant/terrorist is solely responsible for the sad deaths of these noncombatants.


10 posted on 04/15/2013 4:53:18 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: RC one; Paladin2

The ishmaelites have been retaliating for a long long time.


11 posted on 04/15/2013 4:56:04 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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To: RC one
U.S. military armor protection..

The body armor that Islamists are using

is not so effective but improving it is the objective of American activists; to wit, There are demos planned across the United States at drone-manufacturing plants and universities that research drone technology to try to force the U.S. to stop targeting Islamists hiding behind their armor.

12 posted on 04/15/2013 4:57:27 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: RC one

Just pickin up the slack since Gosnell is on hiatus.


13 posted on 04/15/2013 5:58:27 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: RC one

So what is the problem?

You live with terrorists, you die with terrorists.

End of a happy story.


14 posted on 04/15/2013 6:15:11 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yldstrk

This is the sadness of the Islamic war against the West. They use their children as shields instead of loving and protecting them.

I’m sorry that the little ones got killed because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time, but their parents placed them there.

My son had to hold his fire against Saddam’s fedayeen because they were using women and children as human shields. He did got a couple later on.

However, as one poster said, these little kids would become the Taliban soldiers and killers of tomorrow. They had no future except death. A no-win situation except that their psycho father(s) is/are dead and can’t kill anymore Afghan women and children.


16 posted on 04/15/2013 8:36:09 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

yes, they’re using their children as shields. That’s it exactly. I still think the Boston attack is retribution and I’m still happy to point out how Obama blows up children however. Mr. Nobel Peace Prize.


17 posted on 04/16/2013 5:22:15 AM PDT by RC one (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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