Afghan president: U.S. forces killed 16 civilians

[spanone]

KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai on Sunday condemned a U.S. operation he says killed 16 Afghan civilians, while thousands of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration, Reuters reported.

Karzai said the killing of innocent Afghans "is strengthening the terrorists."

The issue of civilian casualties is sensitive in Afghanistan and has eroded public support for Karzai's government and the foreign troops backing it. It has also caused a rift between Karzai and his Western allies more than seven years on since U.S.-led and Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban's government.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28838876/

[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[tekisui]

2. Winning hearts and minds.....

:mad:

[bigtree]

3. if these don't stop

. . . all of the new administration's efforts will amount to nothing more than Bush's in Afghanistan, as far as the perception of those there we're looking to influence to support our interests.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. "We regret..", "human shields.", "unfortunate loss of civilian lives.." etc, etc, ad nauseum.

The spokesmen for the Pentagon and the government will stand there with a blank look and justify the barbarity that our military indulges in at the behest of the politicians who finance them with our money.