KABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 15) Nato Press Release – The International Security Assistance Force is sending a joint incident assessment team to Helmand province to assess an incident in which coalition aircraft accidentally killed an Afghan civilian and wounded two children in a close air support mission yesterday.The aircraft were supporting Afghan and coalition forces that came under fire while conducting a dismounted patrol in Marjeh.
"We are here to protect the Afghan people and initial indications are that in this case we may have failed," said Brig. Gen. Tim Zadalis, ISAF Joint Command director of air plans/projects and assessment team leader. "Our thoughts and concerns are with the families of the victims of this unfortunate accident."
'In this case...............??'
Patreus is fond of his sky pilots.
ReplyDeleteThey will be vamping up the air attacks in Pakistan also.
The West wants Pakistan to invade Waziristan.
IMO they are trying to expand the war. Not end it.
NATO is very concerned with civilian casualties - so concerned that it's dropping more explosives than ever.
ReplyDeleteWashington may be so delusional as to believe a war into Pakistan would quicken Afghanistan's stability. Then again it may simply wish to bring both countries into its direct military sphere. It won't be before summer.
Maybe right before July, and certainly not long after.
If the West blatantly enters Pakistan Russia, and China will get very nervous.
ReplyDeleteThe analogy is always made between chess and checkers.
Unfortunately for the West they never consider the Chinese game of [Go] into the equation. :-)
I see NATO killed another 4 Afghan soldiers this morning. I suppose they could issue a statement saying that they were 'combatants'.
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