Posted on 11/05/2008 9:30:45 PM PST by BlackVeil
US troops fighting off a Taleban ambush bombed a wedding party in southern Afghanistan and killed about 40 civilians, mainly women and children, local people and government officials said yesterday. American officials confirmed last night that an incident was under investigation by the US military and the Afghan Government. Colonel Greg Julian, a US army spokesman, told The Times: We are taking this very seriously.... He confirmed that US forces had been operating in the Shah Wali Kot area when the alleged incident took place on Monday afternoon, and that airstrikes were called in. Injured people arrived in Kandahar overnight ... A local reporter who reached the scene said that ten women, four men and 23 children were killed. Some estimates of the dead from local people were much higher. ...
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let me tell you something,”u r full of SHEET.”
what’s this the 50th wedding we bombed?
i don’t believe this al-jazerra sheet for 1 swc
Until Hell freezes over? ... Only if it works.
Wake up people, we are at war.
Glad other frepers have noticed that it is ALWAYS a “wedding” that we bomb according to “local” aka Taliban officials. What, is that story line in the Jihadist Disinformation Handbook or something? Sheesh.
The sad thing is that the libtard American public is dumb enough to believe it...
LOL
Yeah, I should think by now we’re all on to the “wedding party” excuse.
Sheesh!
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