news.antiwar.com - 11/7/2008
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Afghan officials and local residents say that a US air strike struck an Afghan wedding party on Monday, killing at least 40 civilians and wounding 28 others (including the bride). The strike occurred in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province. Reporters on the scene say that villagers ...
canadianpress.google.com - 11/8/2008
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canadianpress.google.com —
6 days ago KANDAHAR, Afghanistan An investigation by
the Afghan government says the Taliban was largely responsible...
for the deaths of as many as 37 women and children killed in an air strike earlier this week by the U.S. military. The air strike was ...
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U.S. airstrike kills 37 civilians in southern ...
mudvillegazette.com - 11/6/2008
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mudvillegazette.com —
Abu Muqawama, writing from Beirut : Another thing
we learned during the Syria raid? Our information operations...
still suck. The self-serving Syrian narrative -- that those killed were civilians, including women and children -- has persisted ...
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The Wedding Crashers
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Forget the Honeymoon
Antiwar.com Original —
... of the war in Afghanistan . In the meantime, Iran continues to loom large as an issue. Just as Obama was claiming his victory, the Iranians were ...
Tomgram: No Breathing Space in Washington
TomDispatch —
... On the day that Americans turned out in near record numbers to vote, a record was set halfway around the world. In Afghanistan, a U.S. Air Force strike wiped out about 40 people in a wedding party. This represented at least the ...
Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart
Antiwar.com Original —
O n the day that Americans turned out in near record numbers to vote, a record was set halfway around the world. In Afghanistan, a US Air Force strike wiped out about 40 people in a wedding party. This represented at least the ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 5 -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday called on President-elect Barack Obama to end U.S. airstrikes that risk civilian casualties after coalition forces allegedly killed dozens of people at a wedding party in ...
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