http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/09/international/asia/09AFGH.html?ex=1071550800&?en=536eff1db8f2f667&?ei=5062&?partner=GOOGLEKABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 8 — The United States military admitted Monday that it might not have succeeded in killing a Taliban suspect in an air assault on a village on Saturday that left nine children and one man dead.
Soldiers entering the village in southern Ghazni Province after the attack found the body of the man along with the dead children. Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty, spokesman at the American military headquarters at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, told reporters, "We're still working to identify him."
He conceded that villagers had said the dead man was not Mullah Wazir, who is accused by United States officials of being behind several kidnappings and attacks on construction workers on a big American-financed road project. Villagers told journalists on Sunday that the dead man was Abdul Muhammad, 25, who had returned from working in Iran 10 days before.
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The deaths of so many children in the attack has shocked Afghans and foreign officials. The United Nations has called for a swift investigation and for the findings to be made public. The United Nations spokesman in Kabul, Manoel de Almeida e Silva, said the deaths would have a "negative impact" on the population, who are already unhappy with the presence of foreign military forces.
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Our apologies should be forthcoming again soon - not only are we sorry that your kids got in the way - you must have hidden the man we were really shooting at and this guy was just a "decoy" - quit saying that he was their uncle :mad:
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