Australian Soldiers Kill Afghan Children
By Sophie McNeil
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Deadly Explosion Arouses New Afghan Anger at U.S.
American forces inspecting an engineering project in eastern Afghanistan paused to toss candies to a clutch of curious Afghan children on Wednesday when a large explosion tore through the crowd.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07afghan.html
Afghan govt. demands arrest of US "death squad"
Kai Eide, UN Representative to Afghanistan confirmed the Afghan government's investigative conclusions that US troops handcuffed and then executed eight students enrolled in grades 6 through 10 in a night raid on December 27, 2009. The US military and NATO responded the troops involved were non-official. The most likely source of para-military "non-official" troops in Afghanistan is Blackwater/Xe.
http://snipurl.com/tzyn1
Three children killed daily in Afghanistan
At least three children are killed in Afghanistan every day in attacks, bombings and armed clashes between insurgents and US/NATO occupying forces, Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM),a non-governmental organization said on Wednesday.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/01/08/wld02.asp
US forces in Afghanistan 'should expect up to 500 casualties a month'
The anticipated increase would produce around 3,000 American casualties this year, and a total for Western forces in Afghanistan of around 5,000 killed and wounded - the equivalent of seven infantry battalions.
http://snipurl.com/tzyn9
Taliban groups continue to grow
Local offshoots of the Taliban are cropping up across Afghanistan, where the fight against US-led Nato forces is ongoing.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/01/20101715516132789.html
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US-Led Forces Accused of Executing Schoolchildren
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/06-4
Two Ex-Blackwater Staff Charged With Afghan Murders
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/07-9
Blackwater's Murky Role in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/01/08
Afghan Children Are Neglected Casualties of War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/08-2
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Deadly Explosion Arouses New Afghan Anger at U.S.
American forces inspecting an engineering project in eastern Afghanistan paused to toss candies to a clutch of curious Afghan children on Wednesday when a large explosion tore through the crowd.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/world/asia/07afghan.html
Afghan govt. demands arrest of US "death squad"
Kai Eide, UN Representative to Afghanistan confirmed the Afghan government's investigative conclusions that US troops handcuffed and then executed eight students enrolled in grades 6 through 10 in a night raid on December 27, 2009. The US military and NATO responded the troops involved were non-official. The most likely source of para-military "non-official" troops in Afghanistan is Blackwater/Xe.
http://snipurl.com/tzyn1
Three children killed daily in Afghanistan
At least three children are killed in Afghanistan every day in attacks, bombings and armed clashes between insurgents and US/NATO occupying forces, Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM),a non-governmental organization said on Wednesday.
http://www.dailynews.lk/2010/01/08/wld02.asp
US forces in Afghanistan 'should expect up to 500 casualties a month'
The anticipated increase would produce around 3,000 American casualties this year, and a total for Western forces in Afghanistan of around 5,000 killed and wounded - the equivalent of seven infantry battalions.
http://snipurl.com/tzyn9
Taliban groups continue to grow
Local offshoots of the Taliban are cropping up across Afghanistan, where the fight against US-led Nato forces is ongoing.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2010/01/20101715516132789.html
From Information Clearing House
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US-Led Forces Accused of Executing Schoolchildren
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/06-4
Two Ex-Blackwater Staff Charged With Afghan Murders
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/01/07-9
Blackwater's Murky Role in Afghanistan
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2010/01/08
Afghan Children Are Neglected Casualties of War
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/01/08-2
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghan+children
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=casualties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=death+squad
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=insurgent
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Sophie+McNeil
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rudkla - 5. Jan, 10:44
