[Peace-discuss] Obama's (& NYT's) war

[C. G. Estabrook]

[The entirely predictable result of the war Obama and the Democratic Congress 
are waging, with the support of the NYT and the other 'responsible' media. It 
seems to be true, as his supporters say, that Obama is "doing the best he can." 
--CGE]


	Monday, February 22, 2010

More civilians killed in NATO airstrike as Afghan offensive continues

Top news: At least 27 civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike in Central 
Afghanistan, according to President Hamid Karzai's cabinet, an attack they call 
"unjustifiable." It is the third time that an airstrike has killed civilians 
since the start of the U.S.-led coalition's latest offensive against the Taliban 
in Marjah.

Aircraft reportedly fired on a convoy of vehicles they believed to be carrying 
insurgents on their way to attack U.S. and Afghan troops, but discovered later 
that civilians, including women and children, were in the vehicles. Gen. Stanley 
McChrystal, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan who has tighteted the rules of 
engagement in an effort to reduce civilian casualties, has apologized to the 
Afghan president for the latest incident.



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