Women carying firewood targeted as "insurgents" AfPak

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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Local authorities say 8 civilians killed, 5 injured in a NATO airstrike in Laghman province. AFP reports that all of the vicims were women, and that 8 were injured along with the 8 dead. The women were said to be gathering firewood. ISAF initially announced that "its troops had called in an air strike against about 45 insurgents in Laghman "after positively identifying hostile intent" and that "a large number of the insurgents" were killed," but now says it is investigating. Local people transported some of the bodies to the provincial capital, where they demonstrated outside the governor's office chanting "Death to America, Death to the Jews."

Afghan police officer kills 4 NATO troops in Zabul province. Although the occupying forces have yet to release any details, a local official says that when coalition forces responded to an attack on a police post in Mizana district, one of the local police officers opened fire on them. Some reports say the dead were Americans.

Meanwhile MoD has released some information on the British troops killed by Afghan police on Saturday. They were 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.A roadside bomb in Pakistan near the Afghan border kills 14 civilians. Taliban take responsibility, saying the action was in response to the villagers support for the government. "'We have informed them of the repercussions of supporting the government but they didn't stop backing the armed forces,' Taliban spokesman Sirajuddin Ahmad said by telephone from an undisclosed location."

More details emerge on the attack on Camp Bastion yesterday, notably that the attackers wore U.S. military uniforms, and that they destroyed 6 British Harrier jets as well as killing two U.S. Marines. ISAF says 14 of the 15 attackers were killed and one captured.

Students demonstrate in Kabul and Herat in response to the inane film attacking Islam that some Christian extremists posted to YouTube. They demand the closure of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. (This is no big deal. -- C)

ISAF says it has captured a Taliban commander responsible for the shootdown of a U.S. Kiowa chopper two weeks ago that killed the two crew members. (Oh, so I guess it wasn't mechanical trouble after all. -- C)

. . . .

Taliban released a statement saying there was a big difference between suicide and the martyrdom of suicide bombers. "Suicide is self-killing and martyrdom attack is seeking of martyrdom willingly," the statement said. "The reason behind suicide is frustration from life and the seeking of martyrdom is actually seeking the consent of Allah. It elevates the word of Allah and strengthens the Muslims. The objective is to frighten the enemy, kill them and eventually defeat them." . .. "It is repeatedly reminded to the Mujahidin to desist from public casualties and be cautious in choosing the target. But most of the time our sly enemy and their stooges blast bombs amid the masses and then blame Mujahidin for it. They have done it in other countries as well."

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Saturday, September 15, 2012 War News for Saturday, September 15, 2012
The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from a roadside bombing in the Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Friday, September 14th. Here’s the ISAF release.

NATO is reporting the deaths of two ISAF soldiers from an insurgent attack in a undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, September 15th.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
 
it just goes on and on... indiscriminate attacks, the Taliban outmanuevers NATO,and AfPak "police" ( when AfPak isn't killing NATO/US troops.

check the link, read thru the horrors, and be sure to vote for Obama !!! his motto: :hitit: - P.0.SHIT of the US
 
What is it about firewood that makes NATO slaughter innocent women and children?

Nine Afghan Boys Collecting Firewood Killed by NATO Helicopters

KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/asia/03afghan.html

Here's the ugly truth .. Americans don't give a rats ass about women and children in other lands.

Not republicans, not democrats.

We don't give a damn about their babies.

Those of us who care to even talk about it are the few.
 
What is it about firewood that makes NATO slaughter innocent women and children?

Nine Afghan Boys Collecting Firewood Killed by NATO Helicopters

KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/asia/03afghan.html

Here's the ugly truth .. Americans don't give a rats ass about women and children in other lands.

Not republicans, not democrats.

We don't give a damn about their babies.

Those of us who care to even talk about it are the few.

It just makes me so sad.
 
What is it about firewood that makes NATO slaughter innocent women and children?
Nine Afghan Boys Collecting Firewood Killed by NATO Helicopters

KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/03/world/asia/03afghan.html

Here's the ugly truth .. Americans don't give a rats ass about women and children in other lands.

Not republicans, not democrats.

We don't give a damn about their babies.

Those of us who care to even talk about it are the few.
to your thought - it's a war zone, with a population that doesn't wear uniforms( Taliban/Haqqani).
Any movement of a gathering of ppl is seen as a possible threat - you know "we have movement in sector such % such".

The choppers move in, they see activity - since the ...what do we call them now "militants" or insurgents" -or enemy combatants?? no mattter.
They're just bodies moving around in an organized manner -so they get hit.

Bad enough we drone the shit out of houses - women and kids,are .."collateral damage".

I could go on, I won't good brother, no-one really cares about the Muslims, they're troublemakers, or terrorists, or WTF today's label is on them.

Shoot now - apologize later -move on to the next target. This is going nowhere but to hell, yet we persist for...what was it again?? :palm:
 
to your thought - it's a war zone, with a population that doesn't wear uniforms( Taliban/Haqqani).
Any movement of a gathering of ppl is seen as a possible threat - you know "we have movement in sector such % such".

The choppers move in, they see activity - since the ...what do we call them now "militants" or insurgents" -or enemy combatants?? no mattter.
They're just bodies moving around in an organized manner -so they get hit.

Bad enough we drone the shit out of houses - women and kids,are .."collateral damage".

I could go on, I won't good brother, no-one really cares about the Muslims, they're troublemakers, or terrorists, or WTF today's label is on them.

Shoot now - apologize later -move on to the next target. This is going nowhere but to hell, yet we persist for...what was it again?? :palm:

Most of them people like yourself and myself. Working people, raising families, just trying to live.

We call them many names, our "enemies", but I have no doubt in my mind how the majority of the people on this forum would act if a large army came into their country, started forcing them to adapt the rules of their society, and taking your resources, leaving you a decimated infrastructure and little share of your resources.
 
Most of them people like yourself and myself. Working people, raising families, just trying to live.

We call them many names, our "enemies", but I have no doubt in my mind how the majority of the people on this forum would act if a large army came into their country, started forcing them to adapt the rules of their society, and taking your resources, leaving you a decimated infrastructure and little share of your resources.

Repeat after me.

Bad under Bush. Good under Obama.

You have no standing to bitch. You look the other way for your Dear Leader but would be screaming at the top of your lungs if it were a republican.

Take your feigned indignation elsewhere
 
Repeat after me.

Bad under Bush. Good under Obama.

You have no standing to bitch. You look the other way for your Dear Leader but would be screaming at the top of your lungs if it were a republican.

Take your feigned indignation elsewhere

No, if you ever paid attention I have been against the wars. It it not feigned indignation, it is real horror.
 
Most of them people like yourself and myself. Working people, raising families, just trying to live.

We call them many names, our "enemies", but I have no doubt in my mind how the majority of the people on this forum would act if a large army came into their country, started forcing them to adapt the rules of their society, and taking your resources, leaving you a decimated infrastructure and little share of your resources.

yes, this is America's longest war -many call it "perpetual war", since AQ is not going to go away, nor can we kill them into submision.
Reminds me of the Crusades, start off with a goal ( free Jerusalem from Muslim rule), and then self perpetuates. Not an exact comparison, but i'm sure you follow.

AfPAk jas the same goal as Iraq -what is commonly called "nationbuilding" ( the strategy is call counter-insurgency) - much like Iraq.

Good ppl were against Iraq, which makes me wonder why Obama -who claims he was against the invasion - is doing the same thing in Afg.(??)
Trying to build a nation out of what is a feudal society, with a corrupt leadership.

It cannot suceed, we can stay 1 more year /10 more years/100 more years, we can bleed and kill - nothing can build that nation.
Because the indigenous ppl do not recognize Kabul as a central authority - much the same way the provinces of Iraq, pay little attention to Baghdad.
 
No, if you ever paid attention I have been against the wars. It it not feigned indignation, it is real horror.

Stop it. You love it now that Obama is doing it.

Where are the protests against GITMO?
Where are the anti war activists?

Gone. History. Disappeared as soon as Obama was inaugurated.
 
So you are concerned about innocent women now, but what about all the innocent women who will be killed when the Taliban gain control.in 2014?
 
So you are concerned about innocent women now, but what about all the innocent women who will be killed when the Taliban gain control.in 2014?

Get back to me when you have a plan that doesn't require a permanent presence in Afghanistan that risks the lives of American men and women in uniform forever.
 
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Local authorities say 8 civilians killed, 5 injured in a NATO airstrike in Laghman province. AFP reports that all of the vicims were women, and that 8 were injured along with the 8 dead. The women were said to be gathering firewood. ISAF initially announced that "its troops had called in an air strike against about 45 insurgents in Laghman "after positively identifying hostile intent" and that "a large number of the insurgents" were killed," but now says it is investigating. Local people transported some of the bodies to the provincial capital, where they demonstrated outside the governor's office chanting "Death to America, Death to the Jews."

Afghan police officer kills 4 NATO troops in Zabul province. Although the occupying forces have yet to release any details, a local official says that when coalition forces responded to an attack on a police post in Mizana district, one of the local police officers opened fire on them. Some reports say the dead were Americans.

Meanwhile MoD has released some information on the British troops killed by Afghan police on Saturday. They were 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment.A roadside bomb in Pakistan near the Afghan border kills 14 civilians. Taliban take responsibility, saying the action was in response to the villagers support for the government. "'We have informed them of the repercussions of supporting the government but they didn't stop backing the armed forces,' Taliban spokesman Sirajuddin Ahmad said by telephone from an undisclosed location."

More details emerge on the attack on Camp Bastion yesterday, notably that the attackers wore U.S. military uniforms, and that they destroyed 6 British Harrier jets as well as killing two U.S. Marines. ISAF says 14 of the 15 attackers were killed and one captured.

Students demonstrate in Kabul and Herat in response to the inane film attacking Islam that some Christian extremists posted to YouTube. They demand the closure of the U.S. diplomatic mission in Afghanistan. (This is no big deal. -- C)

ISAF says it has captured a Taliban commander responsible for the shootdown of a U.S. Kiowa chopper two weeks ago that killed the two crew members. (Oh, so I guess it wasn't mechanical trouble after all. -- C)

. . . .

Taliban released a statement saying there was a big difference between suicide and the martyrdom of suicide bombers. "Suicide is self-killing and martyrdom attack is seeking of martyrdom willingly," the statement said. "The reason behind suicide is frustration from life and the seeking of martyrdom is actually seeking the consent of Allah. It elevates the word of Allah and strengthens the Muslims. The objective is to frighten the enemy, kill them and eventually defeat them." . .. "It is repeatedly reminded to the Mujahidin to desist from public casualties and be cautious in choosing the target. But most of the time our sly enemy and their stooges blast bombs amid the masses and Ithen blame Mujahidin for it. They have done it in other countries as well."

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Saturday, September 15, 2012 War News for Saturday, September 15, 2012
The British MoD is reporting the death of a British ISAF soldier from a roadside bombing in the Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Friday, September 14th. Here’s the ISAF release.

NATO is reporting the deaths of two ISAF soldiers from an insurgent attack in a undisclosed location in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, September 15th.

http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/
Did you condemn the Taliban when they beheaded 15 innocent men and 2 women for playing music
 
Get back to me when you have a plan that doesn't require a permanent presence in Afghanistan that risks the lives of American men and women in uniform forever.

I have a plan and I would have executed it 5 minutes after the second tower fell on 9-11. All it would have required is 5 seconds to punch in the nuclear codes. No occupation and no loss of American soldiers lives.

The mooslum savages only understand one thing and that is brute force.
 
Did you condemn the Taliban when they beheaded 15 innocent men and 2 women for playing music
Not my personal place to condem what ppl do in the name of their religions.

The Taliban blew up the (ex) world's largest Standing Buddhas calling it "idolotry". I'm Buddhist -everything is temporal, they blew up statues not our religion.

The US has no business in AfPAk - it's manifest this isn;t working, other the hit and run strikes, which is a counter-terrorism policy/ not our policy, we're still 'partnering ' with long term securtity arrangements.
They are killing us (Afg Nat'l forces - so called blue on green fratricide
It is no more humane, in that drones are still used, but it doesn't require US/NATO troops on the ground.Less bleeding for us, but still murderous.

Getout -get out now - and your question to me would be moot.
 
to your thought - it's a war zone, with a population that doesn't wear uniforms( Taliban/Haqqani).
Any movement of a gathering of ppl is seen as a possible threat - you know "we have movement in sector such % such".

The choppers move in, they see activity - since the ...what do we call them now "militants" or insurgents" -or enemy combatants?? no mattter.
They're just bodies moving around in an organized manner -so they get hit.

Bad enough we drone the shit out of houses - women and kids,are .."collateral damage".

I could go on, I won't good brother, no-one really cares about the Muslims, they're troublemakers, or terrorists, or WTF today's label is on them.

Shoot now - apologize later -move on to the next target. This is going nowhere but to hell, yet we persist for...what was it again?? :palm:

Sorry, but when one is commiting genocide it matters not whether millitants or civillians are killed.
Collateral damage is a copout. How many countries are we killing people in now?
 
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