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A village is destroyed. And America says nothing happened
The Independent ^
| 12.04.01
| Richard Lloyd Parry
Posted on 12/04/2001 9:53:48 AM PST by truth4all
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: truth4all
Save your pity for folks that don't harbor terrorists.
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posted on
12/04/2001 10:12:16 AM PST
by
jboot
To: Elkiejg
I also suspect the author didn't see the cheering of the Kabul residents when they were liberated by our B-52s' efforts.
To: general_re
Ref #3: I have not been in the military since 1968. Back then, the B52's flew so high you couldn't even see the damn things! Do they do low altitude fly-bys now? VERY FISHY or a very stupid reporter!
To: truth4all
A village is destroyed. And America says nothing happened To the author of this tripe : SO WHAT ?
To: semper_libertas
That's right - I forgot about that. OTOH, I don't think a 30-foot long prop-driven drone flying overhead at a max speed of about 100 mph is likely to be mistaken for a B-52 either ;)
To: general_re
Who the he$$ can say that the cited bomb actually exploded on site? I mean there should be lots of those things hanging around with numbers on them. Wouldn't be too hard to plant one. Wouldn't it be traceable by that? I don't say it didn't happen but a good journalist should check to see if his sources are lying. Of course they always assume the Pentagon lies. Just wondering.
regards
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posted on
12/04/2001 10:22:01 AM PST
by
okiedust
To: truth4all
You know, you shouldn't believe everything you read in The Independent. Any newspaper that publishes Robert Fisk (and his shrieking predictions of Northern Alliance massacres any....day....now) as a serious journalist needs to be viewed with some skepticism.
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posted on
12/04/2001 10:24:48 AM PST
by
silmaril
To: Darth Reagan
Something else the author didn't see apparently or he would have said so. Weeping women and children. Something is missing here and it the sad recounting of the women and children. It is entirely possible that they were evacuated and that the "village" was a garrison. They said 115 men, women and children were killed, but no one saw the bodies? Where were the mourners? They were all conveniently buried, I guess. The author was not afraid of his guides, only the Americans. This entire article smells of a set up for a gullible and credulous journalist.
regards
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posted on
12/04/2001 10:56:12 AM PST
by
okiedust
Comment #30 Removed by Moderator
To: eaglewatch
Back then, the B52's flew so high you couldn't even see the damn things! Do they do low altitude fly-bys now? Depends on the mission profile. The nuclear penetration profile has changed in part from high altitude to one of low altitude penetrations. A friend of mine was a simulator troop at K.I. Sawyer and went for a ride-along, he said they never broke 500 feet during the entire mission profile, except for aerial refueling.
The BUFFs flying the iron bomb missions in Afghanistan are flying at high altitude (out of missile range) but they're still low enough to recognize, just by size and contrail.
To: truth4all
Am I supposed to feel bad? Because if I am I don't.
Everytime I try to feel bad I wind up thinking about some kid in New York, Washington, etc. whose mother or father isn't coming home and hasn't yet been found.
To: truth4all
The media won't show the airplanes hitting the WTC anymore so why should they show our bombs hitting their houses?
To: truth4all
There was an artical the other day saying that a village was paid by al-qu'ida, 50 dollars per family to leave. Could this be the same village?
To: truth4all
From your lead-in comments you appear to take this article at face value and either want or wish this were true.
Am I correct?
Just curious.
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posted on
12/04/2001 11:41:15 AM PST
by
spectre
To: truth4all
World WarII: London, Dresden, Berlin, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki. Today: New York City, Washington, DC, Field of Death, PA
Innocent people die in war. Death of civilians is a by-product of WAR.
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posted on
12/04/2001 1:05:03 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: SamAdams76
Bump!
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
...until then, put some ice on it!....![](http://reagan.webteamone.com/images/reagan_closeup.gif)
"Pardon me, friend. Would you mind changing your screen name?
Because...well, because you disgust me."
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