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Botched Airstrike Kills Afghan Soldiers
American and Afghan authorities are investigating a possible case of friendly fire in the Badghis province in the western part of Afghanistan, a remote area with a high concentration of Taliban. A search team was hunting for two American paratroopers who had disappeared two days earlier when they were trying to recover airdropped supplies that landed in a river. Heavy fighting broke out Friday, and eight Afghans were killed and 17 wounded, as were five American soldiers. Afghanistan’s defense ministry says the casualties likely happened during a NATO air attack. American officials would only say that an investigation was under way. Airstrikes have worsened already tense relations between NATO and the Afghan government. On Saturday, Kabul pushed back against U.N. recommendations for eliminating corruption and the influence of warlords, saying they were an infringement on Afghan national sovereignty.
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That's why this is called war - soldiers get killed. What did they expect? Tea and cookies?
There is supposed to be real-time communications between the men on the ground and the aerial forces to avoid this kind of accident. These friendly fire casualties are doubly tragic.
"There is supposed to be real-time communications between the men on the ground and the aerial forces to avoid this kind of accident." Only in the movies. There is rarely real time communication between the men on the ground and the the men in the air. Almost all of the support is relayed between multiple carriers. If there are language barriers it becomes a major factor in how many more carriers there will be in between the ground forces and the airmen.
Bring our soldiers home.
Mistakes are made in wartime. Corrupt Afghanistan government officials only complain about these deaths to appear concerned. But they only care about their share of the drug trade.
Insanity but begets more insanity. Thank you for this, BushDrunk & your supporters. Have a nuther lil drinkie-poo!
While you slaughter zillions.
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That's why this is called war - soldiers get killed
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A typical comment from one of the "Lynch Mob".
This is in another US illegal occupation with another illegal search and destroy mission.
As long as it not any of our Amriikan "heroes" its OK.
Killing these "inferior" peoples seems to be an American Specialty.
What country has been bombed more than any other country in History ????
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