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Offline thundley4

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Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« 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.”

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

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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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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2013, 08:51:45 PM »
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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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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2013, 07:37:20 AM »
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 . . .

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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2013, 07:41:20 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on March 03, 2013, 07:37:20 AM
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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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2013, 07:43:27 AM »
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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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2013, 07:46:47 AM »
You can kill'em now or kill'em later.....young muslim boys grow up to be jihadist.
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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2013, 09:07:54 AM »
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Wartime hands are all dirty, whether they hold a gun, a grenade, a bomb-sight or a joystick
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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2013, 12:56:37 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on March 03, 2013, 07:41:20 AM
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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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2013, 02:17:59 PM »
The two boys were collateral damage.

The helo pilot was a rethug and was aiming at the Donkey.
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Re: Two Afghan Boys Accidentally Killed by NATO Helicopter
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2013, 06:36:26 PM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on March 03, 2013, 12:56:37 PM
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. :-)
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