Karzai says U.S. drone strike killed child, won’t sign security deal if similar attacks continue

Washington Post ^ | Novermber 28, 2013 | By Tim Craig

[Brad from Tennessee]

KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai accused the United States of launching a drone strike that killed a 2-year-old child Thursday and vowed to not sign a long-term security agreement if similar attacks continue.

In a statement, Karzai said a suspected U.S. “pilot-less aircraft” fired into a house shortly before noon in Helmand province, killing the child and wounding two women. He said the information was relayed to him by Mohammad Naem, the governor of the province.

Spokesmen for the U.S.-led coalition did not respond to requests for comment. The U.S. Embassy in Kabul referred questions to the international coalition.

Although few details were available Thursday night, the allegations are likely to stoke tension over Karzai’s reluctance to endorse a plan that would allow several thousand U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after 2014.

After a year of negotiations, the Obama administration thought it had finalized an agreement with Karzai last week to allow up to 15,000 foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan to train and assist its military.

“This attack shows that American forces are not respecting the life and safety of Afghan people’s houses,” he said in the statement. He added, “For years, our innocent people have become victims of the war under the name of terrorism, and they have had no safety in their homes.”

[Brad from Tennessee]

[We need to pull out, and laugh when the Taliban kills Karzai.]

Or turn over our Afghan bases to the Russians.

[EternalHope13]

Which has exactly zip, diddly, and squat to do with liberals trying to hamstring our anti-terror efforts every time a million-dollar smart bomb kills someone who might possibly not be a full-blown terrorist, in a land that’s been steeped in hatred for civilized nations in general and Christianity and Judaism in particular the Pilgrim’s grandfathers were children.

Not to mention the times they’ve been caught red-handed *outright fabricating* such tragedies.

[hattend]

Let’s get the f*** out of that God forsaken country. All of us, leave no “advisors”. Let the Muzzies eat each other.