MSNBC breaking: US Troops mistakenly kill 7 Afghan police

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19180314/

KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded four others in a friendly fire incident early Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.

Fighting first started just before midnight Monday between Taliban militants and Afghan police, and two hours into the battle U.S. forces arrived and mistakenly opened fire on the police, said Zurmai Khan, the Khogyani district chief.

The commander at the police post, Esanullah, who goes by one name, said a U.S. helicopter fired rockets, killing seven policemen and wounding four.



http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565032518907461999

Police manning a remote checkpoint in Nangarhar province said an American convoy backed by helicopters approached and opened fire despite their protests and calls for them to stop.

''I thought they were Taliban, and we shouted at them to stop, but they came closer and they opened fire,'' said Khan Mohammad, one of the policemen at the post. ''I'm very angry. We are here to protect the Afghan government and help serve the Afghan government, but the Americans have come to kill us.''

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1. ::headdesk::

WHY?!?!

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2. "...the Americans have come to kill us.''

That's the Cheney/Bush foreign policy more accurately stated than the administration ever has.

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3. Comma comma,nothing to see here, comma

Move along, comma comma comma