---------- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [R-G] WWIII update - US confesses to stray bombs BBC. 23 October 2001. US confesses to stray bombs. The UN has announced that a military hospital has been destroyed in the western Afghan city of Herat, as Washington admits that at least three bombs have missed their intended targets. United Nations spokeswoman Stephanie Bunker told a news conference in Pakistan that the 100-bed hospital was reportedly struck on Sunday during the air campaign. The Taleban claims that 100 patients and medical workers were killed. Taleban officials also say a US bomb fell on a mosque in the same city, killing 15 people praying inside. The Pentagon could not confirm the hospital incident, but an official acknowledged that a "systems malfunction" was responsible for at least three bombs going off-course over the weekend. US Assistant Secretary of Defence Victoria Clarke said that two 500-tonne bombs had accidentally dropped on a residential area northwest of Kabul on Saturday, and that on Sunday a 1,000-tonne bomb had been dropped on a field next to an old peoples' residential home. Washington is now also admitting that a helicopter involved in a raid near Kandahar lost part of its landing gear after being shot at, although it managed to return safely to base. After a day-long respite for Kabul itself, American bombing resumed on Tuesday, with residents reporting raids throughout the day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews with continuing coverage of WWIII _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
