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| Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 8 2008, 12:08 PM (282 Views) | |
| mynameis | Sep 8 2008, 12:08 PM Post #1 |
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Video shows dead Afghan children after US raid By FISNIK ABRASHI, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago KABUL, Afghanistan - Two videos that appear to show the bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds lend weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid killed scores of civilians last month. ADVERTISEMENT One video, obtained by The Associated Press on Monday and apparently taken by a cell phone, is grainy and details such as a precise body count are difficult to make out. But it appears that several dozen bodies, all covered by blankets, are lined up one next to another in a mosque. Wailing Afghan women and men occasionally lift the blankets to show dead children or the disfigured faces of men. A second video shows three young children wrapped in white shrouds. A fourth child has gruesome head wounds. In total, the bodies of at least 10 children can be seen. The two videos, both obtained by The Associated Press, give weight to Afghan and U.N. findings that scores of civilians, including 60 children and 15 women, died in the Aug. 22 U.S.-led raid in the village of Azizabad. U.S. special forces and Afghan commandos carried out the operation. A U.S. investigation found that only seven civilians died, as well as up to 35 militants, but the U.S. on Sunday said it would reopen the investigation because of emerging new evidence, an apparent reference to the videos, which have been in the possession of Afghan intelligence and the U.N. but have leaked to media outlets. more... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080908/ap_on_re_as/afghan_civilian_deaths Edited by mynameis, Sep 8 2008, 12:08 PM.
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