Highway massacre sparks anti-US protests in Afghanistan

[Egalitarian]

Maybe they(sic?) do hate us for our freedoms-our freedom to kill that is. Tragic link below.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/mar2007/afgh-m05.shtml

[Bozita]

1. Are GIs given the same drugs as pilots?

I'm thinking amphetamines.

[Egalitarian]

2. Regardless of the answer, this story seems to foreshadow

a terribly hostile situation.

Any other coverage of this event?

[IndianaGreen]

3. This story has legs. Here is the link to a related LBN story

in which a coverup is alleged, by the AP:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2755366

[Egalitarian]

4. Some snips and a kick for LEGS?

snip

Both eyewitnesses to the incident and some Afghan officials described the US troops firing indiscriminately at civilians in their vehicles and on foot in angry retaliation for the suicide attack.

snip

In an attempt to cover up the massacre, the American troops confiscated cameras from photographers and deleted images of the atrocity. The Associated Press reported that one of its freelance photographers and a cameraman for AP Television News both were threatened with violence and had their cameras seized after they arrived on the scene and filmed the images of dead civilians in their automobiles.

snip

The killings sparked mass protests, with thousands of Afghans coming to the scene of the carnage and blocking the highway, which is the main route from the capital of Kabul to the Pakistan border. The protesters threw rocks at riot police and chanted, “Death to America. Death to Karzai.”

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[Egalitarian]

5. Morning Kick. These legs are made for walking.