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To: Bill who wrote (1169693)	10/9/2019 5:10:27 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583520

UN says LIAR CRIMINAL POS tRump meth lab strikes in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians 9 October 2019 bbc.com US air strikes on alleged Taliban drug labs in western Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians, including children, according to the United Nations. The UN said it had credible reports of a further 30 deaths in the May strikes but had not verified them. The US said it had targeted Taliban-run methamphetamine labs which helped fund the militant group. But according to the UN, drug labs and associated workers cannot lawfully be designated as targets. How the US lost its opium war in Afghanistan Afghanistan: Counting the killings in August 2019 The cost of Trump's air war in AfghanistanUS forces hit more than 60 alleged drug production sites in Farah Province and neighbouring Nimroz Province in the strikes on 5 May. A UN delegation that visited the site of the attacks and conducted face-to-face interviews with residents concluded that there were 39 verified casualties - including 14 children - of whom 30 died. The UN said it had also found credible evidence of at least 30 more deaths, the majority of whom it said were women and children. According to the UN report, the sites were not exclusively run by Taliban but also by ordinary criminal networks as well - making them illegitimate targets for military strikes. "While some of the sites may have been associated with illicit activity, they did not meet the definition of legitimate military objectives under international law," the report concluded. Workers at the alleged labs "were not performing combat functions", it said, and "were therefore entitled to protection from attack". Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionAfghan security forces often burn seizures of drugsA spokesman for the US forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A) denied that the strikes had caused any civilian casualties, insisting that the US had conducted "precision" strikes on what it knew to be Taliban methamphetamine labs. "In addition to imagery collection during the precision strikes, USFOR-A conducted exhaustive assessments of the facilities and surrounding areas after the strikes," the spokesman said. The US spent much of the war attempting to destroy Afghanistan's opium trade - spending as much as $1.5m (£1.15m) a day between 2001 and 2018 targeting poppy fields and associated production facilities. A year-long bombing campaign dubbed "Operation Iron Tempest" involved some 200 strikes against heroin labs at the heart of the Taliban's $200m-a-year opium trade business. But according to research carried out by the London School of Economics, the multimillion-dollar campaign had a negligible effect on the Taliban's heroin operation. The lead researcher, Dr David Mansfield, told the BBC in April that the US poured millions of dollars into bombing little more than improvised labs in mud huts which could be immediately reconstructed.

To: Bill who wrote (1169693)	10/9/2019 5:16:46 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By Bill Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583520

Bill, They have flushed all their principles (if they had any to start with) in order to "get" Trump. Remember when bentway kept track of the body count in Afghanistan until Obama became president? Remember when the body count in Afghanistan exceeded that of Iraq while Obama was president? Remember when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, then proceeded to blunder his way into a Syrian civil war? There's a reason why I coined the term "Hillaryhawk." Tenchusatsu

To: Bill who wrote (1169693)	10/9/2019 6:18:08 PM
From: koan	Respond to of 1583520

Military ordered to watch their 'allies' of a few hours ago get slaughtered: Jennifer Griffin ?@JenGriffinFNC · 8h The US military has been ordered by President Trump not to help. t.co Lucas Tomlinson ?@LucasFoxNews Syrian Kurds under bombardment from Turkish jets urgently request air support from U.S. and “No fly zone” to protect civilians: SDF statement ASingleVoice@TanyaLa82446356 Our soldiers r beyond devastated. To not b able to help the men they have fought along for so long. Trump has now fully lost the respect of our military 1 1:52 PM - Oct 9, 2019