[Peace-discuss] US openly killing civilians, not 'accidentally'

[C. G. Estabrook]

[We may begin to recognize what the rest of the world knows: the US has invaded 
and occupied Afghanistan; the Afghan people resist; and we kill them.  --CGE]

	NATO: US Troops Shot Civilian Protesters in Afghanistan
	Shootings Came at Protest Against Shooting of Civilians					by Jason Ditz, 
January 15, 2010

In the second NATO shooting incident in a little over 24 hours in the Garmsir 
District of Afghanistan’s restive Helmand Province, US troops opened fire on a 
crowd of civilian protesters on Wednesday, wounding five.

NATO explained that US Marines went out to direct an anti-NATO protest in 
Garmsir and when the “civilians in the crowd disregarded instructions,” the 
troops opened fire on the crowd. US Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale shrugged off the 
civilian casualties, insisting “things like this happen.”

Ironically the civilians at the Wednesday rally, estimated at between 200 and 
400 strong by the NATO forces, were protesting against a Tuesday incident, in 
which NATO forces opened fire on civilians at a Tuesday protest, killing 13 
people and wounding several others.

NATO has denied the Tuesday incident, but confirmed the Wednesday incident. It 
insists the Tuesday shootings are “under investigation” while the Wednesday 
shootings involved appropriate escalation against unarmed civilians.

Though both NATO and the United Nations insist the Taliban actually killed 
somewhat more civilians in 2009 than NATO did, the high profile NATO shootings 
continue to do considerable damage to the alliance’s reputation.

http://news.antiwar.com/2010/01/15/nato-us-troops-shot-civilian-protesters-in-afghanistans-garmsir-district/

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