Civilians injured 'by US forces'

[Judi Lynn]

Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 April 2006, 09:42 GMT 10:42 UK

Civilians injured 'by US forces'
By Alastair Leithead
BBC News, Kabul

Six people, including a mother and her newborn baby, have been injured in two incidents in eastern Afghanistan, reportedly by American forces.
Both the incidents took place in Khost province. A six-year-old boy was also injured in one of the incidents.

The reports come as President Hamid Karzai has ordered a probe into the killing of seven civilians by coalition forces over the weekend.

The US military has also launched an investigation into the deaths.

'Shot at'

The mother was travelling home from a clinic with her newborn baby after midnight in the Yaqubi district of Khost in the east of Afghanistan when they were fired upon by US forces, a family member told the BBC.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4918022.stm

[acmavm]

1. So, did the newborn look like a terrorist or what?

[saigon68]

8. He had a bottle that resembled an IED

And was "Terminated with Extreme Prejudice"

[0007]

2. "The US military has also launched an investigation into the deaths."

Isn't this kind of like Henry A. Kissinger asking to be investigated on the murder of certain people in South America?

Wakil Ahmed, a family member, told the BBC: "We were on our way back home from the clinic. The American patrol was driving and as they stopped, we stopped. They started driving, we did the same.

"As we got close to our house they stopped, and we started driving towards our house. They opened fire on us. Minutes later a translator came to us and asked who we were."

Then in Khost city a few hours later, another car was shot at by a US patrol - a young man and a six-year-old boy were wounded.

The provincial police chief said he was investigating both reports.

On Monday President Karzai's spokesman said he was "very unhappy" about the deaths of seven civilians over the weekend and warned all those involved in military operations to take more care not to injure civilians.

The civilians were reportedly killed in "friendly fire" incidents during fighting against militants.

[cantstandbush]

3. It won't be long before all of Afghan is fighting our troops.

We headed the way of Russia with two albatrosses around neck: Iraq and Afghanistan. They are bleeding us dry and turning us on ourselves.

[LynnTheDem]

4. Exactly OBL's stated goals.

Funny how bush keeps fulfilling OBL's wish list.

[gratuitous]

5. The military "launches" yet another investigation

Why do they even fucking bother to say that? I don't know anyone stupid enough to be persuaded by that line.

[Tanuki]

7. You are so right.

How many times have we heard that as a response to a question at a press conference about a civilian wedding party being bombed, a family massacred at a U.S. roadblock, etc? And then they never get back to us with the results of the "investigation."

[booksenkatz]

6. Kick & rec for the dead and injured. nt