BBC: US ‘killed 47 Afghan civilians’
12 July 2008 by Mike GogulskiPosted in war | 2 Comments »
From the BBC:
US ‘killed 47 Afghan civilians’
A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says.
Wups, our bad. Haditha, anyone?
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2 Responses to “BBC: US ‘killed 47 Afghan civilians’”
By Aaron Kinney on 12 July 2008
“It was worth it.”
/Thatcher
By Mike Gogulski on 12 July 2008
Sounds a bit Thatchery, but…
Lesley Stahl on U.S. sanctions against Iraq: We have heard that a half million children have died. I mean, that’s more children than died in Hiroshima. And, you know, is the price worth it?
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: I think this is a very hard choice, but the price–we think the price is worth it.
–60 Minutes (5/12/96)
Via http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1084