Never Happened.
If a Pentagon official says that the death of your family never happened, are they alive or dead?
International Herald Tribune Article:
Villagers Dying Under U.S. Bombs, Anti-Taliban Forces Say
"Despite the Pentagon's denials, hundreds of innocent civilians are being killed and wounded in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Afghan commanders who rule this region said Sunday.
The anti-Taliban, pro-American commanders blame bad intelligence and what they perceive as American indifference to civilian casualties in the campaign against terrorism." [...]
"Why are they hitting civilians?" said Haji Mohammed Zaman, the military commander in Jalalabad for the Eastern Shura, the regime that took power from the Taliban in Jalalabad last month. "This is very bad. These are innocent people. Hundreds have been killed and injured."
A Pentagon spokesman said Saturday that the bombing of civilians near Tora Bora "never happened."
Some other non-Pentagon sources under the unpatriotic delusion that this happened:
The Independant
Washington Post/Associated Press
CNN plays it safe, running Pentagon denial text alongside photograph of one of the wounded
International Herald Tribune Article:
Villagers Dying Under U.S. Bombs, Anti-Taliban Forces Say
"Despite the Pentagon's denials, hundreds of innocent civilians are being killed and wounded in the hunt for Osama bin Laden, the Afghan commanders who rule this region said Sunday.
The anti-Taliban, pro-American commanders blame bad intelligence and what they perceive as American indifference to civilian casualties in the campaign against terrorism." [...]
"Why are they hitting civilians?" said Haji Mohammed Zaman, the military commander in Jalalabad for the Eastern Shura, the regime that took power from the Taliban in Jalalabad last month. "This is very bad. These are innocent people. Hundreds have been killed and injured."
A Pentagon spokesman said Saturday that the bombing of civilians near Tora Bora "never happened."
Some other non-Pentagon sources under the unpatriotic delusion that this happened:
The Independant
Washington Post/Associated Press
CNN plays it safe, running Pentagon denial text alongside photograph of one of the wounded