Are the American people imbeciles?
risky biz
it is an elected government.
"NATO officials today were bragging about a “precision air strike” against
a vehicle traveling on “a series of remote roads in Rostaq district” and
assured that “no civilians were present” at the time of the attack.
No civilians, it turns out, except for the ones in the car, as Takhar
provincial officials quickly confirmed that the vehicle’s passengers were
all election campaigners preparing for this month’s parliamentary
election. Ten campaign workers were killed and two others, including a
candidate for parliament, were wounded.
District governor Malim Hussain chastized NATO for the attack, saying the
convoy of election workers was a ridiculous target and that NATO ought to
realize that “a Taliban commander does not travel in a 100-vehicle convoy.”
NATO has promised to “investigate” the attack but was very clear in the
first place about the strike being deliberate, and believing that the
target was some sort of Taliban commander. The fact that the intelligence
was wrong will likely be little consolation for the victims, particularly
as NATO strikes seem to be escalating and killing an increasing number of
innocent civilians."
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/09/02/nato-kills-10-afghan-election-workers-wounds-candidate/
"Kandahar Province governor Tooryalai Wesa arrived in the village of
Mehlajat this weekend to tout the military’s “liberation” of the territory
from the Taliban, declaring “our security forces will not leave you alone.
You’re safe now.”
But while Wesa wasn’t entirely alone, he was nearly doing a soliloquy, as
virtually the entire population of the village, some estimated 60,000
people, had already left in the week prior in the face of possible
fighting.
Mehlajat seems hardly a prize at this point, however, with booby traps and
IEDs all over the place. Still, the seizure, led by forces loyal to Abdul
Raziq, a Wali Karzai ally whose previous claim to fame was election fraud,
is being lauded as a turning point in that the Afghan forces actually led
the attack on the empty village, with the US forces taking something of a
background role.
Officials claimed a large number of “Taliban” arrested and no civilian
casualties, but locals who fled told a far different story, with mass
arrests of fleeing civilians as NATO forces tried to cut off the “escape”
of Taliban who, the villagers insist, were already long gone."
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/09/01/us-afghan-troops-seize-village-sans-population/
"A high ranking Pakistani military delegation canceled a planned visit to
US Central Command (Centcom) headquarters in Tampa today after the 8 men
were detained at Washington DC’s Dulles Airport as suspected terrorists.
The delegation included brigadier generals and was headed by a two-star
admiral in the Pakistani Navy, who were forcibly removed from a plane to
Tampa after a passenger reportedly overheard one of them saying “I hope
this is the final plane to the destination,” which she assumed meant he
was a terrorist.
After their removal the delegation was interrogated, though TSA officials
insist they were not involved in the interrogation and that it was handled
solely by employees of United Airlines. One of the officials said he was
treated extremely rudely.
During the detention the men showed their passports and a letter of
invitation from Centcom, but they were barred from contacting the
Pakistani embassy or Centcom during their detention. The Pentagon called
the incident “unfortunate” but denied reports that they had apologized to
the Pakistani government for the wrongful detentions."
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/09/01/diplomatic-row-pakistani-military-delegation-leaves-us-in-protest-after-airport-detention/
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Jerry Sturdivant
"risky biz" <risk...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Why else would they allow their government to behave like this? After all-
> it is an elected government.
>
>
> "NATO officials today were bragging about a "precision air strike" against
> a vehicle traveling on "a series of remote roads in Rostaq district" and
> assured that "no civilians were present" at the time of the attack.
Being the most powerful means never having to say you're sorry. (We never
have apologized for attacking Iraq).
Jerry 'n Vegas