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13 March 2012 — williambowles.info
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US Sergeant Is Said to Kill 16 Civilians in Afghanistan
New York Times
PANJWAI, Afghanistan — Stalking from home to home, a United States Army sergeant methodically killed at least 16 civilians, 9 of them children, in a rural stretch of southern Afghanistan on Sunday, igniting fears of a new wave of anti-American …
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/world/asia/us-army-sergeant-suspected-in-afghanistan-shooting.html
Afghanistan killings: Your reaction
BBC News
BBC News website readers in Afghanistan, and those who have lived in the
country, have been reacting to the news. The action of this US soldier
should be condemned in the strongest possible words. Killing unarmed
civilians including children is …
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-17336815
Afghanistan killings raise questions about alliance with US
Los Angeles Times
Anar Gul gestures toward the body of her grandchild, who was allegedly
among those killed by a US service member in Panjwayi, Afghanistan.
(Allauddin Khan / Associated Press / March 11, 2012) By Laura King, Los
Angeles Times The clusters of bodies …
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-killings-20120312,0,2649151.story
Afghanistan Taliban Vow Revenge For Civilians Killed By American Soldier
Huffington Post
By MIRWAIS KHAN and SEBASTIAN ABBOT 03/12/12 10:01 AM ET AP KANDAHAR,
Afghanistan — An Afghan youth recounted on Monday the terrifying scene in
his home as a lone US soldier moved stealthily through it during a killing
spree, then crouched down and …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/taliban-vow-revenge-afghans-killed-american-soldier_n_1338851.html
Afghanistan suspect’s base had 2010 killing case
The Seattle Times
He was a sergeant, married with two children, who had served three tours in
Iraq and began his first deployment to Afghanistan in December, according
to a senior US official. It wasn’t immediately clear if the soldier was
with Lewis-McChord’s 3rd …
Rampage in Afghanistan puts long-term US presence in peril
Christian Science Monitor
By Tom A. Peter, Correspondent / March 12, 2012 An Afghan youth mourns for
relatives, who were allegedly killed by a US service member in Panjwai,
Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, March. 11. A US
service member walked out of a …
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2012/0312/Rampage-in-Afghanistan-puts-long-term-US-presence-in-peril
Analysis: Shootings complicate Afghanistan mission
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The decade-long war in Afghanistan has spiraled into a
series of US missteps and violent outbreaks that have left few ardent
political supporters. After NATO detained a US soldier Sunday for allegedly
killing sleeping Afghan …
Taliban vows revenge after US soldier allegedly kills 16 Afghan civilians
Fox News
KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban is vowing revenge against the US after
an American soldier allegedly shot and killed 16 Afghan civilians in a
Sunday rampage. In a statement on their website, the militant group
promised to “take revenge from the …
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/12/taliban-vows-revenge-against-american-savages-after-us-soldier-allegedly-kills/
Massacre in Afghanistan | Mondoweiss
By Annie Robbins
The news of a horrific brutal massacre of civilians in Afghanistan arrived
in spurts yesterday accompanied with the news one lone soldier had come
forward to turn himself in. 16 people, 9 of them children murdered in the
middle of the night.
http://mondoweiss.net/2012/03/massacre-in-afghanistan.html
U.S. Soldier Opens Fire On Civilians In Afghanistan
By The Huffington Post News Team
BALANDI, Afghanistan — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant
opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people –
mostly women and children – in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S.
presence following …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/11/afghanistan-shootings-us-soldier_n_1337636.html
The Mahablog » Afghanistan
By maha
A U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is accused of killing 16 civilians. He is
thought to have left his base during the night and to have gone from house
to house shooting people, including women and children. Keeping in mind
that these are early …
http://www.mahablog.com/2012/03/11/afghanistan/
Afghanistan Avalanche Strikes Remote Villages; Dozens Feared …
By The Huffington Post News Editors
KABUL, Afghanistan — An avalanche struck two remote villages in northeast
Afghanistan on Monday and 45 people were feared trapped in the snow,
authorities said. The avalanche hit the villages of Poshan and Ghadoor in
Mondol district of …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/12/afghanistan-avalanche_n_1338402.html
American Soldier Murders 16 Civilians in Afghanistan (UPDATED)
By Louis Peitzman
An American soldier opened fire on civilians in Kandahar Sunday, killing 16
Afghans including 9 children and 3 women. While most reports say a single
soldier is accountable for the massacre, some eyewitness accounts maintain
it was a …
http://gawker.com/5892290/american-soldier-murders-16-civilians-in-afghanistan
Analysis: Obama’s Afghanistan problem gets worse – Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: President Barack Obama has a PR problem when it comes to
Afghanistan, to say the least.
http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-obamas-afghanistan-problem-gets-worse-205508359.html
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American Is Held After Shooting of Civilians in Afghanistan
New York Times
PANJWAY, Afghanistan — A United States service member walked out of a
military base in a rural district of southern Afghanistan on Sunday and
opened fire on three nearby houses, killing at least 16 civilians,
including several children, local …
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/12/world/asia/afghanistan-civilians-killed-american-soldier-held.html
Western forces kill 15 civilians in Afghanistan: Kabul government
Reuters
By Ahmad Nadem | KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Coalition forces killed
15 civilians in a shooting spree in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar
province on Sunday, the defense ministry said, in an incident likely to
deepen the growing divide between …
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/11/us-afghanistan-civilians-idUSBRE82A02V20120311
US servicemember opens fire on Afghans; at least 15 dead
USA TODAY
BALANDI, Afghanistan (AP) – A US service member walked out of a base in
southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan
civilians, according to villagers and Afghan and NATO officials. Villagers
showed an Associated Press …
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-03-11/afganistan-civilian-shootings/53472526/1
US serviceman kills 16 in house-to-house village shooting, Afghan officials say
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — A lone American serviceman slipped
away from his base in southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and went on a
methodical house-to-house shooting spree in a nearby village, killing 16
people, nearly all of them …
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/03/rampage-by-us-soldier-kills-up-to-18-afghan-civilians.html
US Service Member Held in Afghan Shooting
Wall Street Journal
By CHARLES LEVINSON, YAROSLAV TROFIMOV and HABIB KHAN TOTAKHIL KABUL—A US
serviceman walked off his base in southern Afghanistan and opened fire on
local civilians early Sunday morning, killing at least 16 people and
wounding several more, according …
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304537904577274704106386264.html
US soldier kills Afghan civilians, officials say
CNN
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — An American soldier left his base in
Afghanistan and went from house to house in two villages, killing 16 people
in their homes, a provincial official told CNN Sunday. NATO‘s International
Security Assistance Force confirmed …
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/world/asia/afghanistan-us-service-member/index.html
US soldier detained in Afghan shooting spree
CBS News
Last Updated 10:38 am ET (CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan – A US service member
came out of his base in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and started shooting
Afghan civilians, the provincial governor said. People were both killed and
wounded in the shooting …
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57394954/u.s-soldier-detained-in-afghan-shooting-spree/
Afghan president: American kills 16 in shooting
MiamiHerald.com
By MIRWAIS KHAN and HEIDI VOGT AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President
Hamid Karzai says a US service member has killed 16 people in a shooting
including nine children and three women. Karzai called the attack Sunday
“an assassination” and demanded …
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/10/2686620/afghan-delegation-visits-guantanamo.html
American goes on shooting rampage in Afghanistan: officials
New York Daily News
By Michael Sheridan / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS An elderly Afghan man sits next
to the covered body of a person who was allegedly killed by a US service
member, in a minibus in Panjwai, Kandahar province south of Kabul,
Afghanistan.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/american-service-member-shooting-rampage-afghanistan-officials-article-1.1037022?localLinksEnabled=false
Afghanistan civilian shooting kills several people, reports say
WJLA
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – A US service member walked out of his base in
southern Afghanistan before dawn Sunday and started shooting Afghan
civilians, Afghan and NATO officials said. There were widely varying
reports of casualties.
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/03/afghanitan-civilian-shooting-kills-several-people-reports-say-73628.html
Congressman Rohrabacher wants Afghanistan’s Karzai investigated …
By Agence France-Presse
The head of a US congressional subcommittee is asking a federal agency to
investigate whether Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is misappropriating
foreign aid funding to benefit himself and his family. Representative Dana
Rohrabacher …
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/10/congressman-rohrabacher-wants-afghanistans-karzai-investigated/
U.S. Soldier Opens Fire On Civilians In Afghanistan
By The Huffington Post News Editors
(Recasts with details on shooting) KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 11
(Reuters) – A U.S. soldier went on a shooting rampage in southern
Afghanistan on Sunday, bursting into the homes of civilians in villages
near his base in the middle of the …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/11/soldier-shooting-afghanistan_n_1337406.html
Colorado soldier’s body returns home from Afghanistan | KDVR.com …
By Kim Posey
The body of a Colorado soldier killed in Afghanistan was returned to
Buckley Air Force Base Saturday in preparation for his funeral Tuesday.
Army Staff Sergeant Jordan Bear was killed March 1 allegedly by Afghans
upset about the accidental …
http://kdvr.com/2012/03/10/colorado-soldiers-body-return-home-from-afghanistan/
NewsDaily: Soldier detained in Afghanistan over civilian casualties
A soldier has been detained in Afghanistan in connection with an incident
involving civilian casualties in the southern Kandahar province, the
NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Sunday.
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre82a02v-us-afghanistan-civilians/
Afghanistan emerges ACC U-16 champions – International Cricket …
Afghanistan registered a 92-run win over Thailand in the final of the ACC
U-16 Challenge Cup at the Prem Oval in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Saturday.
Afghanistan batting first, was bowled out for 200 in 37.1 overs and
Thailand in its reply was …
http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/newsdetails.php?newsId=19441_1331417040
6 UK soldiers missing, feared dead in Afghanistan – CNN.com
Six UK soldiers are missing and presumed dead following an explosion in
southwest Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/03/07/world/europe/afghanistan-uk-soldiers/
