لراوبر ویب پاڼه لراوبر يو افغان – تازه خبرونه
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Yesterday, March 21, 2011, was the Afghan New Year. New Year brings about new hopes for the future. However, any prospect of hope for the new beginning seems far from the mind of three little Afghan girls, who were orphaned when American military targeted their house.
This happened a month ago, when American forces allegedly were pursuing Afghan insurgents. This is the typical rhetoric of the US forces whenever they provide a rationale for civilian losses. This tragedy happened in Eastern Afghanistan in the village of Kaikawoo, sub-district of Wazir and district of Khoogiani.
When the US rockets landed in this house, the parents, the two sons and the two daughters lost their lives. The remaining three daughters survived screaming uncontrollably for their parents and siblings. These girls ages 7 to 11 are staying with their uncle. Every night they wake up screaming reliving the same nightmare of losing their entire family. This is the tragedy of Afghanistan and the gift of “democracy” by the US and NATO Forces.
The followings are the photos of five of the six victims:
The first picture is of their father killed, the second and third are of their two sisters killed and the fourth and fifth are of their two brothers killed by US missiles:
This is a glimpse into the atrocities committed the US-NATO forces against the people of Afghanistan on daily basis. In about the same period, in Kunar Province, in two separate bombing
by US forces 65 civilians and 9 children lost their lives, respectively.
In the first case, 65 civilians were targeted with different types of weapons including incendiary devices that burned many children to death. When General Petreous met the puppet President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai, Petreous suggested that Afghan parents may have burned their own children to death to blame US forces, reported by The Washington Post:
To the shock of President Hamid Karzai’s aides, Gen. David H. Petraeus suggested Sunday at the presidential palace that Afghans caught up in a coalition attack in northeastern Afghanistan might have burned their own children to exaggerate claims of civilian casualties, according to two participants at the meeting.1
Similarly, NATO made an outrages claim:
Nato believes there was not a single civilian casualty from its operation in Kunar. It says that pro-Taliban villagers have created a propaganda story that was taken up by politicians in Kabul eager to prove their nationalist credentials.2
It is this kind of bestiality and lack of regard for human dignity exercised by the upper hierarchy of the US armed forces whose irreverence is seen on daily basis on Afghan soil.
The second tragedy happened days after the slaughter of 65 civilians also in Kunar Province. On March 1, 2011, US-NATO forces targeted ten children ages 8-14. Nine children were killed and one was injured. The survival child recounted the incident as follows:
We had almost finished collecting wood when suddenly we saw the helicopters come. There were two of them. They hovered over us, scanned us and we saw a green flash. Then they flew back high up, and in a second round they hovered over us and started shooting. They fired a rocket that hit a tree. The branches fell over me and shrapnel hit my right hand and my side.3
The apache Helicopters has the target acquisition designation sight (TADS). In fact, this system enables the pilot with unmistaken capability to differentiate between children collecting firewood and adults with guns:
TADS provides the co-pilot/gunner with search, detection and recognition capability by means of direct view optics, TV or FLIR sighting systems which may be used singly or in combinations according to tactical, weather or visibility conditions.4
Another source further confirms the effectiveness of the Apache Helicopters visual and detection capability that would have clearly established that those 10 children were picking firewood, and indeed were children not armed insurgents:
The Apache features a Target Acquisition Designation Sight (TADS) and a Pilot Night Vision Sensor (PNVS) which enables the crew to navigate and conduct precision attacks in day, night and adverse weather conditions.5
Taliban and other Insurgents did not come from the Moon. They are the relatives of these victims that have taken arms against the forces of the US and her NATO allies.
My question to the American public is this: would you stop fighting against an evil force that would kill your relatives indiscriminately? I am sure your answer would be no because the common people in the US and Europe are decent people.
If you like to help the surviving orphaned girls and other Afghans, please donate at:
www.afghanistanafterdemocracy.com Since I am in Afghanistan for the next three days and could send them your contribution immediately.
Mohammed daud Miraki, MA, MA, PhD
mdmiraki@ameritech.net
maidan11@yahoo.com
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, 2011
