Five civilians killed in Nato rocket attack in Afghanistan

[Lars77]

Source: The Guardian

A Nato airstrike against suspected insurgents has killed five civilians in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.

A Nato statement said a joint patrol of Nato and Afghan troops saw individuals digging along a path in the Zhari district of Kandahar province today and mistakenly concluded that they were planting an improvised explosive device. Two civilians were also wounded in the strike.

The incident follows the deaths yesterday of 12 Afghan civilians, who were killed by two stray Nato rockets in neighbouring Helmand province.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/15/afghanistan-civilian-deaths-nato-taliban

[Flaneur]

1. This is not good for US war aims.

Those damned civilians keep getting in the way of our rockets.

[Autumn]

2. They really should lock

up all of those civilians so that they can't be in the same area as the terrorists.

[Lars77]

3. No problem, they'll all be terrorists soon. nt

[Autumn]

5. Yeah

and it's just so fucking wrong.:hi:

[bvar22]

4. "Civilians"?... The hell you say.

This was simply a Pre-emptive strike against potential future insurgents.
They are only brown people anyway.
The Pentagon will issue a "heart felt" apology tomorrow,
and everything will be Good to GO for MORE slaughter!

Woo-Hoo!!!
Obama gets the WAR ON!!!

[Amonester]

6. Obama now owns these 'collateral damages'

To these poor people's relatives, he is a terrorist now.