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To: bigheadfred

That’s a lot of bucks in Afghanistan. I thought normally it was $2,000; 1,000 if wounded in Afghanistan. Wow, I expect to see more claims of massacres with this kind of money floating around.


12 posted on 03/25/2012 10:00:03 AM PDT by Girlene
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To: Future Snake Eater; bigheadfred; Alas Babylon!; xzins; Lancey Howard; smoothsailing; jazusamo; ...
THe US justpayed $50,000 for 17 deaths, $11,000 for 6 wounded. That amounts to just over $900,000!!1 This is an area that is a Taliban stronghold. THe normal compensaton is $2,000 for deaths and $1,000 for casualty,which they've already been paid. WOWSA......what a payoff.

I had noticed this before, but hadn't posted about it. I sure hope they found the right families to give our money (I mean obama's stash) away to. In this article, the farmer who allegedly lost 11 family members is Mohammed Wazir.Grieving Afghan Father: 'All My Dreams Are Buried'

.............."Muhammad Wazir. He lost his mother, his wife, a sister-in-law, a brother, a nephew, his four daughters and two of his sons in last week's mass shooting in two villages.

"My little boy, Habib Shah, is the only one left alive, and I love him very much," says Wazir.

The boy cried next to his father as Wazir spoke by cellphone. The 4-year-old is his favorite, Wazir says, and that's why he took the boy as he traveled to the eastern side of Kandahar province last week. While they were away, tragedy struck their tiny mud brick village in Panjwai district, southwest of Kandahar City."....................

His picture is shown in the story referring to the big money payout. Afghans: US paid $50,000 per shooting spree death



BUT WAIT! We have another dude who lays claim to the same dead family! An Afghan Comes Home to a Massacre

.........."Once a believer in the offensive against the Taliban, he is now insistent that the Americans get out. “I don’t know why they killed them,” said Mr. Samad, a short, feeble man with a white beard and white turban, as he struggled in an interview to come to terms with the loss of his wife, four daughters between the ages of 2 and 6, four sons between 8 and 12, and two other relatives. "................

And here's Abdul Samad...he's much older than Wazir, so hard to mistake the two. .



So who got the money? Was it just a mistake on the press's part?
14 posted on 03/25/2012 7:13:57 PM PDT by Girlene
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