1,000th Recorded NATO Atrocity in Afghanistan

One Afghan source is saying this is the 1,000th documented NATO massacre of civilians since 2001. Sounds a low estimate to me.

Kandahar 5th August - 'Furious Afghan villagers protested in Kandahar on Wednesday by carrying the bodies of four brothers, three of them children, who they said were killed by US attack helicopters. More than 100 men arrived with the corpses from nearby Arghandab district, protesting that US forces were killing the "innocent" and should leave Afghanistan. The US military confirmed it had carried out night strikes against 'militant targets' and were investigating allegations that civilians were killed.The villagers showed reporters the bodies of three boys who looked to have been aged 10 to 13, and a man aged about 25 who they said was a civilian, an AFP correspondent said.Another child and a civilian man were hurt in the incident, village leader Hazrat Mohammad told reporters. "Last night around 1:00 am helicopters shot nine rockets into a house and destroyed it," Mohammad said. The six casualties were all brothers, he said.
President Karzai, who is seeking re-election in two weeks time, has vowed to call a halt to military air raids that kill civilians. But the village leader on Wednesday accused him of failure. The villagers, who arrived in about seven pick-up trucks, accused the US military of trying to "capture" Afghanistan, not help the Afghan people.US Lieutenant Robert Carr told AFP the helicopters targeted 'militants on motorbikes', and jugs that the men were carrying exploded. It was not known what was in the jugs, he said.