Nederland en Afghanistan 128

De Washington Post bericht:

'Marines Killed Civilians, U.S. Says
Military Reports 10 Afghans Died And 33 Were Hurt
By Ann Scott Tyson and Josh White
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, April 15, 2007; Page A01

A preliminary U.S. military investigation indicates that more than 40 Afghans killed or wounded by Marines after a suicide bombing in a village near Jalalabad last month were civilians, the U.S. commander who ordered the probe said yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Frank H. Kearney III, head of Special Operations Command Central, also said there is no evidence that the Marine Special Operations platoon came under small-arms fire after the bombing, although the Marines reported taking enemy fire and seeing people with weapons. The troops continued shooting at perceived threats as they traveled miles from the site of the March 4 attack, he said. They hit several vehicles, killing at least 10 people and wounding 33, among them children and elderly villagers. "We found . . . no brass that we can confirm that small-arms fire came at them," Kearney said, referring to ammunition casings. "We have testimony from Marines that is in conflict with unanimous testimony from civilians at the sites," Kearney said in a telephone interview from his headquarters in Qatar, where he oversees all U.S. Special Operations forces in the region, including in Afghanistan and Iraq.'

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De Nederlandse regering en de meerderheid van de volksvertegenwoordigers steunen de Amerikaanse bezetting van Afghanistan politiek en militair met nu al tenminste een half miljard euro. Volgens de autoriteiten om er de democratie te brengen.