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The recent U.S. attack on a wedding party in an Afghan village, killing between 50 and 120 civilians and wounding hundreds, was not the first of its kind. At least three other fatal U.S. attacks on Afghan wedding celebrators are reported to have taken place...
According to Internet news accounts, similar episodes had taken place in the Khost area in eastern Afghanistan twice and at Qila (or Qalai) Niazi, 80 miles southeast of Kabul. The latest is creating more of a stir because this time the new, pro-U.S. Afghan government is protesting.
Survivors of the most recent attack, at Kakarak, or Deh Rawod, say hundreds were dancing when planes attacked without provocation, dropping bombs and then shooting rockets at people as they ran for their lives, CBS News reported...
The Pentagon could not decide which excuse to offer: It was self-defense against anti-aircraft attacks; it was falling anti-aircraft fire; a bomb went astray; it never happened; it was a mission against guerrillas. A spokesman then said bombs fell "near" the village but denied that the village was a target or that a wedding party had been hit. He said four children were wounded and affirmed no other casualties.
In view of all the misinformation from military spokesmen, you have to appreciate the frankness of the unnamed Pentagon official who admitted last fall that U.S. planes had intentionally strafed the village of Chowkar-Karez and killed between 25 and 100 occupants...
http://warandlaw.homestead.com/files/wedding-attack.htm
According to Internet news accounts, similar episodes had taken place in the Khost area in eastern Afghanistan twice and at Qila (or Qalai) Niazi, 80 miles southeast of Kabul. The latest is creating more of a stir because this time the new, pro-U.S. Afghan government is protesting.
Survivors of the most recent attack, at Kakarak, or Deh Rawod, say hundreds were dancing when planes attacked without provocation, dropping bombs and then shooting rockets at people as they ran for their lives, CBS News reported...
The Pentagon could not decide which excuse to offer: It was self-defense against anti-aircraft attacks; it was falling anti-aircraft fire; a bomb went astray; it never happened; it was a mission against guerrillas. A spokesman then said bombs fell "near" the village but denied that the village was a target or that a wedding party had been hit. He said four children were wounded and affirmed no other casualties.
In view of all the misinformation from military spokesmen, you have to appreciate the frankness of the unnamed Pentagon official who admitted last fall that U.S. planes had intentionally strafed the village of Chowkar-Karez and killed between 25 and 100 occupants...
http://warandlaw.homestead.com/files/wedding-attack.htm
