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    Default Cover Up: Botched Raid in Afghanistan; US Special Forces Attempt Cover Up

    US special forces 'tried to cover-up' botched Khataba raid in Afghanistan

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7087637.ece

    US special forces soldiers dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath of a botched night raid, then washed the wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what happened, Afghan investigators have told The Times.

    Two pregnant women, a teenage girl, a police officer and his brother were shot on February 12 when US and Afghan special forces stormed their home in Khataba village, outside Gardez in eastern Afghanistan. The precise composition of the force has never been made public.

    The claims were made as Nato admitted responsibility for all the deaths for the first time last night. It had initially claimed that the women had been dead for several hours when the assault force discovered their bodies.

    “Despite earlier reports we have determined that the women were accidentally killed as a result of the joint force firing at the men,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Todd Breasseale, a Nato spokesman. The coalition continued to deny that there had been a cover-up and said that its legal investigation, which is ongoing, had found no evidence of inappropriate conduct.

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    Nobody seems to want to comment on this incident. The trouble is that it greatly aids the Taliban, Karzai has even said he is considering joining them if he doesn't get his way over the Electoral Complaints Commission.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom prendergast View Post
    Nobody seems to want to comment on this incident. The trouble is that it greatly aids the Taliban, Karzai has even said he is considering joining them if he doesn't get his way over the Electoral Complaints Commission.

    http://current.com/1e7uc4c
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    Quote Originally Posted by tom prendergast View Post
    Nobody seems to want to comment on this incident. The trouble is that it greatly aids the Taliban, Karzai has even said he is considering joining them if he doesn't get his way over the Electoral Complaints Commission.

    http://current.com/1e7uc4c
    I saw it for the first time in today's paper. Watch these guys get off with a slap on the wrist.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Pale Rider View Post
    Fuck off you sloppy sacked little zit pinchin' homo bitch boy. I'd slap ya but shit splatters ya punk ass little rat fuck shit stain.
    Thanks for your erudite contribution to the debate.

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    They made a mistake. No doubt felt the need to cover it up because of their CIC's loathing of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Southern Man View Post
    They made a mistake. No doubt felt the need to cover it up because of their CIC's loathing of them.
    I'm waiting until the investigation is over before I judge anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by christiefan915 View Post
    I saw it for the first time in today's paper. Watch these guys get off with a slap on the wrist.
    no, the lower ranks, if prosecuted, will spend time in prison. Their commanders won't face any charges.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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