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US Airstrikes Kill Scores Of Civilians In Afghanistan

category international | anti-war / imperialism | other press author Thursday May 07, 2009 21:53author by pat c

Once again the USAF has slaughtered civilians in Afghanistan. But hey its OK! Hillary says shes sorry! Full story at link.

On the eve of a tripartite summit in Washington which the Obama administration has organized with the presidents of Afghanistan and Pakistan, reports from Afghanistan indicate that US air strikes in western Farah province have killed and wounded scores of civilians, many of them women and children.

Villagers from the remote Bala Baluk district near the Iranian border put the death toll as high as 150, according to local government officials.

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