NATO Strikes Kill 32 Afghan Civilians, 20 Police

[Agorism]

NATO Strikes Kill 32 Afghan Civilians, 20 Police

http://news.antiwar.com/2011/05/29/nato-strikes-kill-32-afghan-civilians-and-20-police/


NATO air strikes have killed at least 52 Afghans over the past 24 hours, including 32 civilians and 20 members of the police. The deaths came in two strikes, one in the Helmand Province and another in Nuristan.

The Helmand strike, late Saturday, saw NATO attack helicopters destroy a pair of homes, killing 2 women and 12 children. The strikes also wounded six other civilians. Helmand’s governor’s office said the attack came after a nearby US Marine base was struck by insurgents.

The other strike came on Sunday, in the Nuristan Province. Here, US warplanes responded to reports of a battle between insurgents and security forces by opening fire on a group of people they assumed were insurgents. The people turned out to be a group of 18 civilians and 20 police.

The deaths, which Nuristan Governor Jamaluddin Badr termed “friendly fire,” came after the Taliban reportedly ran out of ammunition and fled the clashes in the district. NATO has promised to investigate both series killings.

[doodle]

What is Obama's policy on retaliation air strikes on Afghans?



Afghan soldier kills NATO soldier

Earlier, Afghan and NATO officials said the attack -- an airstrike Saturday in Helmand province -- killed a dozen children and two women. There was no immediate explanation for the disparity between these figure and the toll of nine civilians offered Sunday by Toolan, who also noted that a U.S. Marine was killed immediately before the strike.



http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/afghanistan.nato.killing/

[ItsTime]

These strikes were no mistake. Why are we killing these civilians?

[doodle]

NATO has promised to investigate both series killings.

On a related note, who pays for all these investigations? A quick google search shows their may have been hundreds if not more investigations open/started by NATO? Where does NATO publish their results?

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&hl=en&source=hp&q=nato++investigate+civilian+afghan&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=a34f7f1872f21971&biw=1280&bih=612


These strikes were no mistake. Why are we killing these civilians?

I highly doubt Obama would allow revenge attacks on civilian population homes without careful confirmations and fool proof intel.

[steph3n]

On a related note, who pays for all these investigations? A quick google search show stheir maybe hundreds if not more investigations started by NATO?

It costs all of 15 minutes and a couple million, the janitor comes and picks up the rug, puts the dust in a pile and puts the rug back down.