Posts Tagged ‘Civilians’
Sixteen Afghan civilians killed in rogue U.S. attack
A U.S. soldier was detained after 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, were shot dead in what witnesses described on Sunday as a night-time massacre near a U.S. base in Afghanistan’s violent south. While U.S. officials rushed to distance the apparent rogue shooting from efforts by a 90,000-strong U.S. force in Afghanistan, the incident is sure to fan Afghan anger after U.S. soldiers inadvertently burnt copies of the Koran at a NATO base last month. The soldier in custody was described by one U.S. …
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Western forces kill 16 civilians in Afghanistan: Kabul government
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Western forces shot dead 16 civilians including nine children in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, Afghan officials said, in a rampage that witnesses said was carried out by American soldiers who were laughing and appeared drunk. One Afghan father who said his children were killed in the shooting spree accused soldiers of later burning the bodies. Witnesses told Reuters they saw a group of U.S. soldiers arrive at their village in Kandahar’s Panjwayi district at around 2 am, enter homes and open fire. The incident, one of the worst of its kind since the …
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U.S. service member opens fire on Afghan civilians: official
A U.S. service member walked out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting Afghan civilians, the provincial governor said. People were both killed and wounded in the early morning shooting spree in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, Gov. Tooryalai Wesa said, though he did not provide numbers.
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Cable suggests troops killed Iraqi civilians
The U.S. has another WikiLeaks headache on its hands – this time a diplomatic cable suggesting American troops brutally executed Iraqi civilians.
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Roadside bombs kill 17 civilians in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Roadside bombs have killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan, including 13 who died when an explosion ripped through the van they were traveling in on Saturday morning, the government said.
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Libya says NATO airstrike killed 9 civilians (AP)
AP – Libya’s government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.
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Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike (AP)
AP – Libya’s government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.
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