Villagers in southern Afghanistan have claimed that Afghan and Nato forces killed 13 demonstrators after a group of people took to the streets to protest the alleged desecration of the Quran.
Residents in Garmsir district of Helmand province on Tuesday said that Nato-led forces raided a house in the area on Sunday and destroyed copies of the holy book in a local mosque.
Haji Abdul Manan, one of the protesters, told the German Press Agency, DPA: "The people came out of their homes today to protest this action of foreign forces in a peaceful way, but the Afghan and international forces opened fire on us."
He said more than 20 others were wounded in the firing.'
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to bring an article I wrote to your attention. It's about airport scanners and the government's inappropriate response to the attempted bombing of flight 253.
http://joshfulton.blogspot.com/2010/01/scanners-arent-solution.html
Thanks.