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To: lurqer who wrote (32510)	12/10/2003 10:23:43 AM
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On the theory that things were getting a little too quite in Afghanistan, It apparently was decided to "stir things up". Six more children die in Afghan attack The bodies of six children and two adults have been uncovered from the rubble of a compound flattened in an attack by American forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. military has admitted . It was the second time in a week that U.S. forces have admitted child deaths in Afghan operations after nine children were killed in a bungled air strike on Saturday. The latest admission, made by U.S. military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Bryan Hilferty on Wednesday, refers to an incident that happened last Friday after an air and ground attack on a compound used by a rebel commander to store munitions near Gardez in Paktia province. "After we went in there, we discovered the next day, when we were trying to clear it, the bodies of two adults and six children under a collapsed wall," he said. "We don't know what caused the wall to collapse, because although we fired on the compound, there were secondary and tertiary explosions." The United Nations and the government expressed renewed concern that the incidents could prompt a backlash from Afghans. The news is an embarrassment to the U.S. military, especially coming so soon after the deaths of the children in neighbouring Ghazni province that also failed to kill the militant targeted. ... from reuters.co.uk JMO lurqer

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