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US-led raid kills 4 civilians in Afghanistan

Press TV – April 6, 2010

A US-led air strike has killed at least four civilians including two women and a child in an incident the US military described as an attack against suspected militants in southern Helmand province.

“Insurgents were using the compound as a firing position when combined forces, unaware of the possible presence of civilians, directed air assets against it,” the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a
statement.

The statement went on to say that once the US-led forces were able to enter the compound, they found four dead civilians, two women, an elderly man and a child inside.

The Monday botched attack in the Nahr-e-Saraj district of the southern province of Helmand is the latest incident the alliance has described as a mistaken strike and threatens to further strain relations between the NATO powers and President Hamid Karzai’s administration.

Karzai has previously tearfully denounced The US for killing civilians and the issue has provoked deep resentment among Afghans.

April 6, 2010 - Posted by | Illegal Occupation, War Crimes

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