Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Ooops. Sorry. Again

The American military claimed responsibility and expressed regret for an airstrike that mistakenly killed six members of a family in southwestern Afghanistan, Afghan and American military officials confirmed Monday.

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Dawoud Ahmadi, said that after an investigation they had determined that a family home in the Sangin district had been attacked by mistake in the American airstrike, which was called in to respond to a Taliban attack.

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The victims were the family’s mother and five of her children, three girls and two boys, according to Afghan officials.

  NYT

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