The United States Military Purposefully Killed Seven Children in Afghanistan, Meanwhile, Bad Guy Got Away
And you wonder why Afghanistan is such a mess, why after SIX LONG YEARS we still have not defeated the rabble Taliban (some of them are the same rabble group, I might add, that defeated the Soviet Union in the 80s). Well, earlier this week the United States military killed seven children in an air strike. The target was some bad dude named Abu Laith al Libi. Supposedly he’s a leader among the Taliban. That’s fine and dandy, but apparently he got away in time, so he was not killed. The latest word, according to NBC is that the military knew there would be children at this facility and decided to take the risk anyways:
U.S. special operations forces were targeting the leader of al-Qaida in Afghanistan — one of the organization’s top commanders — when they launched an attack against a compound that killed seven children Sunday in Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials tell NBC News.
According to several officials, and contrary to previous statements, the U.S. military knew there were children at the compound but considered the target of such high value it was worth the risk of potential collateral damage.
Those same officials tell NBC News the target of Sunday’s attack was Abu Laith al Libi, the al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan and a top lieutenant of Osama bin Laden. The sources report that although six sets of remains besides those of the seven children were recovered, it’s not clear whether Abu Laith is among those killed.
It’s funny how the United States military chooses to sacrifice the lives of innocents without giving them any kind of choice in the matter. Just what are we fighting in Afghanistan for anyways?
By their fruits, ye shall know them.
Dan, I think you’ll want to drop Mr. crak from your replies. He insults you, but expects you to do his advertising for him.
According to the Geneva Conventions targeting Innocent Women and Children is a “WAR CRIME”.
NATO; whoever that is killed over 2 dozen innocents in airs trikes today.
Who is authorizing these air strikes and will they be held accountable.
These disasters will result on 100’s more joining the JHIAD.
Mark,
I am on vacation, but I tried to remove crak’s comment. Hopefully it disappeared.
Rogue Cowboy,
Thank you for putting it in the proper pespective. Purposefully deciding to take the lives of children is a war crime.