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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: thundley4 on March 02, 2013, 04:21:51 PM
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The Straight Story (39,736 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 04:55 PM
Two Afghan Boys (11/12 yrs old) Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter, thought they were insurgents
Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two boys out collecting firewood with their donkeys were killed by weapons fired from a NATO helicopter, Afghan and American military officials announced Saturday.
The new American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., promptly issued an apology and said the killings were an accident.
The victims, Toor Jan, 11, and Andul Wodood, 12, were brothers and had been walking behind their donkeys in the Shahed-e-Hasas district of Oruzgan Province when the helicopter fired on them, according to Afghan officials in the district. The two donkeys were killed as well.
General Dunford said that coalition forces had opened fire on what they thought were insurgent forces, and killed the boys by accident. “I offer my personal apology and condolences to the family of the boys who were killed,†General Dunford said. “We take full responsibility for this tragedy.â€
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/world/asia/two-afghan-boys-accidentally-killed-by-nato-helicopter.html?_r=0
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022450992
Only this one reply so far, likely the only on.
SoCalDem (98,998 posts)
1. Sad, but innocents dying in wartime has been with us as long as there have been wars
There were innocents asleep in Dresden when firebombing commenced
There were innocents in rice paddies/villages when B-52s bombed the hell out of Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos
Wartime hands are all dirty, whether they hold a gun, a grenade, a bomb-sight or a joystick.
When this happened under President Bush it was murder and a war crime. Under Obama, it's a part of doing business.
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SoCalDem (98,998 posts)
1. Sad, but innocents dying in wartime has been with us as long as there have been wars
There are no innocents in Afghanistan, only muzzies of all different shapes and sizes.
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There were also innocents in WTC 1 and 2, in the Pentagon, and in the four planes that hit those buildings (and came down in Shanksville). There were innocents killed in the Blitz on London in 1940, and in the V-weapon attacks on Britain in 1944-5. There were innocents killed in the various bombings of Manila in 1942. There were innocents killed in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and Hungary in 1956. There were innocents killed in Cuba in 1959 and 1960, and are still being killed today . . .
I can do this all day, DUmb****s.
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There were also innocents in WTC 1 and 2, in the Pentagon, and in the four planes that hit those buildings (and came down in Shanksville). There were innocents killed in the Blitz on London in 1940, and in the V-weapon attacks on Britain in 1944-5. There were innocents killed in the various bombings of Manila in 1942. There were innocents killed in Czechoslovakia in 1968, and Hungary in 1956. There were innocents killed in Cuba in 1959 and 1960, and are still being killed today . . .
I can do this all day, DUmb****s.
All day?....you lazy ass :-).....you could do it for weeks if you wanted to.
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Funny thing is...from what I've been reading this didn't involve American soldiers. Two Diggers were involved in the incident. Uruzgan is an Aussie led operation now.
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You can kill'em now or kill'em later.....young muslim boys grow up to be jihadist.
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Wartime hands are all dirty, whether they hold a gun, a grenade, a bomb-sight or a joystick
, or a 9 iron.
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All day?....you lazy ass :-).....you could do it for weeks if you wanted to.
Well . . . you just moved down the list of CCers I was going to hand it off to . . . :tongue:
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The two boys were collateral damage.
The helo pilot was a rethug and was aiming at the Donkey.
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Well . . . you just moved down the list of CCers I was going to hand it off to . . . :tongue:
Good! I've admitted many times that I'm lazy. :-)