Karzai demanding an end to U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan? Silly puppet . . .

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. . . they don't give a damn what you want.


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday called on the United States to halt air strikes in his country, following attacks this week that Afghan officials said killed 147 people.

"We demand an end to these operations ... an end to air strikes," Karzai said in Washington in an interview with CNN.

Farah Province deputy governor Yunus Rasooli told Reuters on Friday that residents of two villages hit this week by U.S. warplanes had produced lists with the names of 147 people killed in the attacks.

"We cannot justify in any manner, for whatever number of Taliban or for whatever number of significantly important terrorists, the accidental or otherwise loss of civilians," he said.

read: http://uk.reuters.com/article/usPoliticsNews/idUKTRE5475R820090509



Reuters AlertNet - Afghanistan: ICRC confirms dozens killed in air strikes
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/220224/7cb82937bd9fd529b835acbf19898084.htm

Afghans riot over air-strike atrocity - Asia, World - The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghans-riot-over-airstrike-atrocity-1681070.html

Top UN envoy voices concern about reported Afghan civilian casualties
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=30712&Cr=afghan&Cr1=

Amnesty International Demands That United States Conduct Transparent, Independent Investigation into Afghan Civilian Deaths | CommonDreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/05/07-2

The Associated Press: Admininistration voices regret over Afghan deaths
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-hrZnbYFs50kcKT8gjWlpJuNcuAD980RUR80

The deadly air strike in Farah provoked Afghan Parliament to demand ’legalisation’ of NATO and US troops in Afghanistan - International News Network
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=144996

ReliefWeb » Document » Afghanistan: NATO should ‘come clean’ on white phosphorus
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MUMA-7RV2B6?OpenDocument

The Bellingham Herald / Political News / U.S. says airstrike killed 50 Afghans, most of them insurgents
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/politics/story/903211.html

U.S. Admits Civilians Died in Afghan Raids | theledger.com | The Ledger | Lakeland, FL
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090508/ZNYT03/905083000?Title=Civilian-Deaths-Imperil-Support-for-Afghan-War

Official: Preliminary report says U.S. airstrikes killed civilians - CNN.com
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/afghan.us.airstrike/

US denies 147 civilians killed in Afghan violence | guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/8498004

U.S. says airstrike killed 50 Afghans, most of them insurgents - Politics Wire - News & Observer
http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1519343.html

[thunder rising]

1. Spoken like Betty White

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2. Wonder how long until the Marines are digging this good old boy out of his spider hole?

Thats usually what happens to our puppets. Reference Saddam.

Don

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3. It's a wonder he's still in the running

This won't sit well though.