Mistaking children for a threat seems to be a perverted side agenda of the War on Terror. Hey, I mean they had some firewood. Kids can do a lot with firewood. Whew. Good our brave boys gunned em down saving America once again from the evils of the wider world and....children with firewood, or journalists, or wedding ceremonies, or innocent villagers, goat herders etc...
From The New York Times.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nine boys collecting firewood to heat their homes in the eastern Afghanistan mountains were killed by NATO helicopter gunners who mistook them for insurgents, according to a statement on Wednesday by NATO, which apologized for the mistake.
The boys, who were 9 to 15 years old, were attacked on Tuesday in what amounted to one of the war’s worst cases of mistaken killings by foreign-led forces. The victims included two sets of brothers. A 10th boy survived...
Wikileaks on Twitter reports on it this way: No one punished after WikiLeaks video and surprise! happens again '9 Afghan Boys Killed'
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