Punk Freud Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Karzai 'demands' Obama end civilian deaths Source: USA Today KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai made an immediate demand of Barack Obama on Wednesday, saying the president-elect must prevent civilian casualties as Afghan villagers alleged that airstrikes killed or wounded dozens of women and children in a wedding party. No Afghan officials could immediately confirm the number of alleged casualties, but Karzai referred to the incident at a news conference held to congratulate Obama on his U.S. presidential election victory. Karzai said he hopes the election will "bring peace to Afghanistan, life to Afghanistan and prosperity to the Afghan people and the rest of the world." He applauded America for its "courage" in electing Obama. But he also used the occasion to immediately press Obama to find a way to prevent civilians casualties in operations by foreign forces. He then said airstrikes had caused deaths in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. "Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes," Karzai said. "This is my first demand of the new president of the United States - to put an end to civilian casualties." Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-11-05-afghanist... Destroying psychological barriers to the stateless society of free people since 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
likwid Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Double edged sword. Karzai needs to pull up his pants and stop the corruption of the government. The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk Freud Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 This is nucking futz, Obama's not even sworn in yet Destroying psychological barriers to the stateless society of free people since 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connetquot Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. That's a pretty tough order to fill since the enemy is an irregular force which is infiltrated into his countries security apparatus and many "civilians" tolerate if not actively assist the Taliban/Al Queda forces. WASHINGTON (AP) - A deadly attack on a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan in July was executed with the support of some local police and government leaders as well as villagers there, according to an internal military report. The report, released Tuesday, recommended the district's Afghan police chief and governor be replaced, if not arrested and tried for committing crimes against the government. And it said the incident underscores repeated problems in the volatile mountain region with the local population offering "passive and active support" to the enemy, which also has infiltrated the country's security forces. Nine U.S. troops were killed in the attack, which was launched just before midnight on July 12 by about 200 insurgents. Another 27 U.S. troops were wounded, and of those, 11 were treated and then returned to duty. Between 21 and 52 enemy fighters were killed, and another 45 wounded, the report said. Jeff B. "The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits"Plutarch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk Freud Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Our demand is that there will be no civilian casualties in Afghanistan. That's a pretty tough order to fill since ... Ya know what make that a tough order... Gee Dumbya is still commander in chief. Somebody send Karzai an email Destroying psychological barriers to the stateless society of free people since 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 All US Troops off ALL foreign soil!! “My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.” Ayn Rand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimP Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Welcome to the big-leagues barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamakatsu Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 The Ruskies are putting missiles on Polish border too. Going to be some tough foreign policy times ahead...Thank God Bush will be gone. He was worthless when it came to foreign policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk Freud Posted November 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 The Ruskies are putting missiles on Polish border too. Going to be some tough foreign policy times ahead...Thank God Bush will be gone. He was worthless when it came to foreign policy. Yep. Maybe Obama will change BushCo's policy of putting missiles in Russia's back yard, you know defuse the stand off. That whole US backed Georgia v Russia skirmish went well Hopefully Obama and Biden handle this better than the chicken hawk neo-cons Destroying psychological barriers to the stateless society of free people since 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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