Press TV
May 15, 2013
‘US denial of Afghan civilian deaths absurd, ludicrous’
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U.S. accusations that the Taliban killed civilians in air strikes on April 6 are “absurd” and “ludicrous”, says Rick Rozoff, manager of the Stop the NATO organization.
U.S. commander Gen. Joseph Dunford has officially denied that the April 6 air strikes in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province, which killed 17 civilians including 12 children, were the U.S.’s fault.
However, the Afghan government has repeatedly confirmed the deaths were caused by air strikes.
“They [the U.S. and NATO] are launching absolutely absurd and ludicrous accusations that local militia fighters or Taliban fighters somehow managed to bring fighter jet into the area and launch missiles or drop bombs. That’s beyond contempt,” said Rozoff in a phone interview with the U.S. Desk on Wednesday.
“It [the U.S. denial] again accentuates the need for the world community to demand full and immediate withdrawal of U.S., NATO, and other occupation troops from the long-suffering land of Afghanistan,” he added.
Rozoff said that there have been many instances like the Kunar “carnage” over the course of the war, which are “reflective of a total disregard for human life.”
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