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I heard on "the World" on Public Radio International today that somebody at the Pentagon said that one good thing about this "accident" that killed Americans is that it will make the Pentagon's claims of "regrets" for "accidents" that kill Afghan civilians seem more credible! What a terribly insensitive thing to say! Barry Stoller wrote: > HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------- > > AP. 5 December 2001. U.S. Troops Killed by Misdirected Airstrike. > > TORA BORA -- American bombs accidentally killed three U.S. servicemen > and injured 20 others in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday. > > The friendly fire incident happened when a B-52 seeking to target enemy > Taliban forces missed and dropped its ordnance too close to opposition > forces and their American advisers north of Kandahar, the last > stronghold of the Taliban, U.S. officials said. > > The American wounded were rushed away by Super Stallion helicopters > escorted by helicopter gunships, said Cpt. David Romley, public affairs > officer at a Marine base in the deserts outside Kandahar. > > Some of the Americans injured by the friendly fire outside Kandahar were > taken to Base Rhino, a forward operating base of some 1,000 U.S. Marines > southwest of the city. > > The base's public affairs officer, Capt. Stewart Upton, said that the > Americans were sent on to other facilities from the base, while other > American injured went directly. > > Pentagon spokeswoman Victoria Clarke said one of the three Americans > killed died from his injuries while on route to a hospital. > > Romley said pilots and crews from the base were "in very short order" > able to get the injured forces "return them and begin treatment and > triage." > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > 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 ==^================================================================
