Saturday, May 29, 2010

The New King of Bhutan


http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/bhutan_crowns_a_new_king.html

The Killers


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/24/australia-expels-israeli-diplomat

Monday, May 24, 2010

The Killing of Innocent Civilians in Afghanistan ... the Cry of Humanity


Reporting from Surkhrod, Afghanistan. The father's eyes reddened with tears as he hefted an English textbook that had belonged to his ninth-grade son, Habibuddin. The boy, along with eight other people, was shot dead this month when American special-operations forces swooped down on the family's remote mud-brick compound in the dead of night.

Afghans protest against NATO, say 12 civilians killed.
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Thursday, May. 13, 2010

Local residents and relatives gather around the bodies of people killed in an overnight raid by NATO forces, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.



A man and a boy cries at the death of their relatives, allegedly civilians who were killed by NATO forces in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.

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Local residents take out a procession as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.

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Local residents throw stones at the district headquarters office as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.


Local residents burn a makeshift U.S. flag as they accuse NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, at Surkh Rod, Afghanistan, Friday, May 14, 2010. More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians.

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KABUL Hundreds of protesters brandished sticks, threw stones and burned an American flag Friday in eastern Afghanistan as they accused NATO forces of killing civilians in an overnight raid, but the alliance said eight insurgents were killed in the attack.

More than 500 people poured into the streets in the Surkh Rod district of Nangahar province to protest the raid by international forces that they claim killed at least nine civilians. A father and his four sons and four members of another family were killed in the NATO operation, said Mohammed Arish, a government administrator in Surkh Rod.
Should the family of these killed innocents be compensated very adequately?
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/05/13/1433066/at-least-3-dozen-militants-die.html#ixzz0orFnZjhr
http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-night-raids-20100524,0,4911751.story
http://www.washingtontimes.com/photos/galleries/afghans-claim-nato-raid-killed-civilians
/http://www.rawa.org/temp/runews/2010/05/14/afghans-protest-against-nato-say-12-civilians-killed.html
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latest-news/afghan-protests-over-nato-raid-nangarhar-province
http://www.statesman.com/news/nation/afghan-lawmakers-relative-killed-in-night-raid-642321.html