02/23/10

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NATO Secretary General expressed condolences to Afghan people today after Afghanistan's government condemned a NATO air strike on a convoy of vehicles in the south of the country, which killed at least 27 civilians. NATO in a statement earlier said it had hit a suspected insurgent convoy, but troops then found "a number of individuals killed and wounded", including women and children in Uruzgan province. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he spoke to Afghan President Hamid Karzai “to express, through him, my deep condolences to the Afghan people for the tragic loss of innocent Afghan lives in recent military operations.”?? AWIP: US [Nato] raid kills 27 Afghan civilians. The Independent: Karzai warns Operation Moshtarak is killing "too many" civilians.

[Editor's Comment:] NATO's Secretary General has offered his "condolences" and Gen. McChrystal is "deeply saddened". That's a lot of tears & grief, even for crocodiles like these. Then we take it 27 dead civilians are not "too many", after all, Mr. Karzai?

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