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"mistaken bombing" -- of course it was... On 30 Dec 01, at 20:42, Barry Stoller wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > > Reuters. 30 December 2001. U.S. Bombing Reportedly Kills 15 in East > Afghanistan. > > ISLAMABAD -- U.S. bombing over the past two days killed at least 15 > people in eastern Afghanistan where an apparently mistaken bombing > killed 65 people earlier this month, an Afghan news service said Sunday. > > The Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) quoted travelers arriving > at the Pakistani border town of Miranshah as saying the bombing Friday > night and Saturday morning hit Sheikhan village, west of the Paktia > province capital Gardez. > > Most of the 15 people killed were women and children, AIP said, quoting > witnesses. > > Three houses were totally destroyed. > > The latest bombing report came after calls by Afghanistan's new interim > government that the United States stop its nearly three-month bombing > campaign aimed at flushing out Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden and > fighters of his al Qaeda network. > > Defense Minister General Mohammad Fahim has said the U.S. should end the > bombing soon, as Osama bin Laden had probably left Afghanistan and al > Qaeda was a spent force. > > President Bush, however, promised in a weekly radio address from his > ranch in Texas that there would be no let-up in the war against > terrorism. > > Some 65 people were killed earlier this month when U.S. jets bombed a > convoy of guests going from Paktia to the inauguration of the interim > government in Kabul. > > Most hideouts of the formerly ruling Taliban movement and bin Laden have > been bombed to bits, but the air raids, which began on October 7, have > continued. > > U.S. bombs have been blamed for killing hundreds [read: probably > thousands] of civilians. > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Barry Stoller > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews > > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
