June 12th, 2012
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai is taking a defiant stand against NATO airstrikes, saying the military coalition can no longer fire on homes from aircraft in any circumstance – even in defense of Afghan and foreign forces.
Karzai said at a Tuesday news conference that he reached that understanding with the coalition following last week’s airstrike in Logar province that killed 18 civilians.
NATO’s interpretation of what was agreed upon is significantly different than Karzai’s and highlights ongoing tension between the two allies.
The coalition says it agreed to restrict airstrikes against houses, but that it would still use air-delivered munitions against civilian dwellings in self-defense of troops on the ground.
Such airstrikes have brewed resentment among Afghans who feel they violate the privacy of their homes and put civilians at risk.
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Afghan villagers gather at a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
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Afghan villagers sit on the back of a vehicle carrying dead bodies of children who were killed in a NATO airstrike on a home in Sajawand village in Logar province south of Kabul on June 6, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
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Afghan villagers stand at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
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Afghan villagers search for dead bodies of people who were killed in a NATO airstrike on a home in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
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Afghan villagers gather near a house destroyed in an apparent NATO raid in Logar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, June, 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ihsanullah Majroh)
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Afghan villagers search for dead bodies of people who were killed in a NATO airstrike on a home in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
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An Afghan villager stands at a house which was hit by a NATO airstrike in Sajawand village in Logar province, south of Kabul on June 6, 2012. (STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages)
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