'Up to 100 dead' in Afghan raid

[spanone]

Up to 100 Afghan civilians may have been killed during an air raid by US forces during a joint operation targeting suspected fighters, a provincial governor has said.

If the claims are verified, the deaths in Farah province on the western border would be the largest loss of civilian life in a single incident since US-led forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.

Rohul Amin, the governor of Farah province, said on Wednesday that he feared that 100 civilians had been killed in the Bala Baluk district of the province, about 600km from Kabul, the capital.

Amin said that the Taliban were reportedly using civilian homes to take shelter during the fighting.

Earlier reports had said that 50 civilians had been killed in Monday's raid.

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095672330997508.html

[Bandit]

1. What the Hell are we doing, Americans are dying from Cancer not terrorism

I had a lot of faith in Obama but it is ebbing

[Chiquitita]

4. I feel the same.

Seeing this and the Senators laughing at people requesting a single-payer advocate be at the table make my stomach turn.

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. What did he promise to do about Afghanistan during the campaign?

:shrug:

[bvar22]

10. Oh well then,

That certainly makes the mass slaughter of innocent civilians OK.

[spanone]

11. i didn't agree then and i still don't agree....

[Mari333]

2. yeah I just posted it too

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5603013&mesg_id=5603013

sank like a stone...its Obama's occupation now...maybe thats why

[bread_and_roses]

3. Well I'm kicking this and will go back and kick the other too

I feel very hopeless about the terrorism we are inflicting against the Afghan/Pakistan people. As with our monstrous bombing of Iraq, we all go about our business here (me, too, no excuses) while our "heros" are incinerating and dismembering infants and children. What is wrong with us?

[Mari333]

6. KICKED and REC nt

[malaise]

7. This will be Obama's biggest mistake

Get the fuck out of Afghanistan and Iraq

[spanone]

9. i agree 100%

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Agreed

[mmonk]

8. Hearts and minds.

Collateral damage. Culture of life.

[bvar22]

12. No Military Objective + No Exit Strategy = Quagmire.

I thought Obama was supposed to be the smart one.

The unintended consequence of our brutal Occupation of Afghanistan is that it is driving Pakistan to the FANATICS.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. 100 dead so nobody has to admit that the war is lost. K&R

The new justification for the killing is a rehash of the "falling dominoes" threat popularized by LBJ and Nixon.

[rcrush]

14. Is anyone here really afraid of terrorism?

Even if you really believe "Al Quaeda" attacked us on 9/11. Are we really so scared shitless of "terrorists" that we will be ok with this shit?

[Echo In Light]

16. BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA! Give up your rights ...or else! Be okay w/mass murder for profits...or else!

[alsame]

18. A few days ago, a right wing relative told me that there is a plot

to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge and that's why we have to keep torturing and fighting in Afghanistan. I have no idea where he got this idea - probably Faux, which is his exclusive source for 'news'. He does not support President Obama in anything other than the Afghanistan strategy, which says a lot.

[rcrush]

19. The MSM plays those stupid "osama" videos every time one comes out.

Those damn videos are probably produced by the CIA. They could convince people that Somali Pirates are going to invade the US and rape all our women.

[alsame]

20. Yep. And so some people are in a constant state of fear. n/t

[tekisui]

15. Out of Afghanistan! NOW!

[Renew Deal]

21. "Amin said that the Taliban were reportedly using civilian homes to take shelter during the fighting

So how many of them are civilians and how many are "fighters" or "Taliban?" Is there a seperate number of "Taliban" dead or are they being counted amongst the "civilians?"

[spanone]

22. that's the shit of afghanistan