U.S. admits role in killing of Afghan women
By Richard. A. Oppel Jr.
updated 5:10 a.m. CT, Mon., April 5, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - After initially denying involvement or any cover-up in the deaths of three Afghan women during a badly bungled American Special Operations assault in February, the American-led military command in Kabul admitted late on Sunday that its forces had, in fact, killed the women during the nighttime raid.
“We deeply regret the outcome of this operation, accept responsibility for our actions that night, and know that this loss will be felt forever by the families,” said Brig. Gen. Eric Tremblay, a spokesman for the NATO command in Kabul.
The admission was an abrupt about-face. In a statement soon after the raid, NATO had claimed that its raiding party had stumbled upon the “bodies of three women who had been tied up, gagged and killed” and hidden in a room in the house. Military officials had also said later that the bodies showed signs of puncture and slashing wounds from a knife, and that the women appeared to have been killed several hours before the raid.
For every civilian we kill, we breed 10 more suicide bombers.
In the same situation, I would be right out in front, avenging the senseless, power trips the U.S. and NATO continue to wage war in countries that only want us out of there sovereign territory.
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