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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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tool goes here Protesters say NATO attack killed Afghan civilians
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

Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 69

The Ultimate BrutalityBAGHDAD – A bomb ripped through a crowded market in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 69 people and wounding more than 100 less than a week before a deadline for U.S. combat troops to leave Iraq's urban areas.
An Interior Ministry official said 69 people were killed and 135 wounded, while police and hospital officials in Sadr City put the death toll at 72.

http://newsIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has said the recent wave of attacks in the country were isolated incidents which did not threaten overall security improvement, and would not delay the withdrawal of American forces.

At least 150 people were killed in just two days of suicide bomb attacks at the end of last week.

But Mr Maliki, in an exclusive BBC interview, said his government at the moment had no intention of taking up an American offer to keep troops in some Iraqi cities beyond the end of June, when they are supposed to leave.
www.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090624/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8020815.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/25/world/middleeast/25iraq.html?hp

Military: Gitmo Yemeni Detainee Suicide June-02-09

A Yemeni detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, U.S. military officials said Tuesday. His is the fifth apparent suicide at the offshore U.S. prison, which President Barack Obama hopes to close by January. The Joint Task Force that runs the U.S. prison in Cuba said guards conducting a routine check found Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih unresponsive and not breathing in his cell Monday night.
The Yemeni prisoner, also known as Mohammad Ahmed Abdullah Saleh Al-Hanashi, had been held without charge at Guantanamo since February 2002, a month after the isolated U.S. base started taking prisoners. Military records show the alleged Taliban fighter was about 31.
The Associated Press showed that the prisoner's weight had dropped to about 86 pounds (39 kilograms) in December 2005 — an indication that he may have joined a long-running hunger strike among prisoners. He weighed 124 pounds (56 kilograms) when he was first taken to Guantanamo in February 2002.
Men on hunger strike had been force-fed a liquid nutrition mix through a tube inserted in their noses and down their throats

Kiev, Ukraine School Graduates splash in a fountain

Graduates splash in a fountain May 29 as they celebrate their last day at school in Kiev, Ukraine. Some 704,000 young Ukrainians marked "Last Ring," a celebration of their last day of school.
http://gallery.pictopia.com/yahoo/photo/ptl:ap:xt-mt-ap-orig_name_XEL102_2009-05-29/

Massacre at Turkish Wedding May-05 2009

Masked attackers have raided a wedding party in south-eastern Turkey, killing 44 people, including six children.

Sixteen women also died when attackers wielding automatic rifles and grenades burst into a celebration in Bilge Koyu, in Mardin province, officials said.

Turkey has fought Kurdish separatists in the area for 25 years, but this attack has been linked to a local "blood feud" and a pro-Turkish militia.

Eight people were arrested with weapons overnight, the interior minister said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8032970.stm