Sunday, March 11, 2012

Afghanistan shocker

I'm hoping that this story from Reuters is terribly wrong.
Western forces shot dead 16 civilians including nine children in southern Kandahar province on Sunday, Afghan officials said, in a rampage that witnesses said was carried out by American soldiers who were laughing and appeared drunk.

One Afghan father who said his children were killed in the shooting spree accused soldiers of later burning the bodies.

Witnesses told Reuters they saw a group of U.S. soldiers arrive at their village in Kandahar's Panjwayi district at around 2 am, enter homes and open fire.
UPDATE 1:30pm: Apparently it was just one soldier who went on this killing rampage. Horrible.
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