Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
One can safely assume and hope that the Afghan General Fired, was from a large circus cannon as a salute to the innocent civilians as a gesture for the next general whose overzealous nature may be curtailed in future bombings.
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Afghan leader fires top general, says over 89 civilians killed
AFP Sunday, August 24, 2008
KABUL — President Hamid Karzai fired Sunday the top army general for western Afghanistan and a commando commander after a military operation involving air strikes that he said had killed more than 89 civilians.
In a decree, Karzai “orders the immediate removal” of General Jalandar Shah Behnam, head of the corps for western Afghanistan, and Major Abdul Jabar, a statement from the president’s office said.
The move came after the incident in Azizabad village in the western province of Herat on Friday involving air strikes by the US-led coalition targeted at Taliban militants, it said. “In the tragic air strike and irresponsible and imprecise military operation in Azizabad village … more than 89 of our innocent countrymen, including women and children, were martyred,” the statement said.
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