See other War, War, War Articles
Title: Evidence Mounts NATO Report Lied on Afghan Civilian Killings
Source:
[None]
URL Source: http://news.antiwar.com/2010/03/12/ ... d-on-afghan-civilian-killings/
Published: Mar 13, 2010
Author: Jason Ditz
Post Date: 2010-03-13 09:34:51 by Ada
Keywords: None
Views: 79
Comments: 3
Evidence Mounts NATO Report Lied on Afghan Civilian Killings Rear Admiral Smith Admits No Evidence of Claimed 'Firefight' The February 12 night raid against a house party in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province remains shrouded in mystery, but NATO’s official story appears to be crumbling as even NATO officials concede that the claims made were not strictly true. NATO’s official statement claimed at the time that the raid on the home led to a “fire fight” against “several insurgents” who were killed, before NATO made a “gruesome discovery” of bound and gagged bodies in a nearby room. NATO is conceding now that all of the slain people were civilians killed in the raid. NATO communications direct Rear Admiral Greg Smith also admitted that they had no real evidence that the men slain at the home had ever fired a shot against the NATO forces. Witnesses at the site reported that one of the people in the compound, a local policeman, shouted “don’t fire, we work for the government” before being gunned down by the invading forces. Rear Admiral Smith defended the killing of the policeman, however, saying “if you have got an individual stepping out of a compound, and if your assault force is there, that is often the trigger to neutralise (read: kill) the individual. You don’t have to be fired upon to fire back. Since the incident, all those detained by NATO have been released without charges. In addition, the US has reportedly paid $2,000 to the family for each of the civilians killed in the attack.
Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Ada (#0)
USNATOrael probably bound and gagged them before executing them...eh ?
If so, wouldn't be the first time.
I believe the whole world can go organize any way they want. It's time for radical isolationism imo...
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#2. To: Rotara (#1)
USNATOrael probably bound and gagged them before executing them...eh ?
#3. To: Ada (#2)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest