US helicopter fires on civilian vehicle in Afghanistan, three injured

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http://www.afgha.com/?af=article&sid=36578

KABUL: A U.S. helicopter fired a rocket at a pickup truck carrying civilians in southeastern Afghanistan, injuring at least three people, quoting local authorities a foreign news agency reported on Thursday.

The truck was carrying six passengers when it came under fire at the Many Kandow Pass in Urgun district of Paktika province, said a spokesman for the provincial police.

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1. I would like to know

what the civilians did to deserve this. I think nothing.

[lebkuchen]

2. See Bob Herbert's most recent piece

for an interpretation.

Bush has gotten the US (and much of the world) into one hell of a mess.