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The news lately, there is missconduct from canadian troop and us troop toward the country they protect! i think they should give this people freedom for democracy since we believe in it! otherwise, we might look like hypocrites

My library Has put in charge of giving books to the developing country to help them with their education, but i was wondering how can donate them, send the book to them b.c i believe they needed thems. i only have two months to send as many books as i can, other they are going to recycle it! please if you have some info, thanks

I love women & I cherish and adore them, but when I ask one out for a date she thinks am a PIMP, but when I ignore and treated them like **** {play with their emotion .i.e. no string attach relationship}, Now what to date me, calling me and emailing me all the time. which i dont like to do. i want one woman and treat her like an ANGEL, a priceless precious Gold.but they dont want that, am confuse!!

whenever an African is given the opportunity, s/he always excels in the field they're given.i.e. for sport to any kind of entertainment. How about politic...I am sure they will make a great leader, if we put aside the stereotype & prejudice

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By CARLOTTA GALL

Published: March 4, 2007

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 4 — American troops opened fire on a highway filled with civilian cars and bystanders today, American and Afghan officials said, in an incident that the Americans said left 16 civilians dead and 24 wounded as they fled the scene of a suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan. One American was also wounded.

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Afghans shouted anti-American slogans Sunday to protest the deaths of civilians.

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A suicide car bombing was part of the violence, the United States military said.

The shooting set off demonstrations, with local people blocking the highway, the main road east from the town of Jalalabad to the border with Pakistan.

And there were differences in some of the accounts of the incident, with the Americans saying that the civilians were caught in crossfire between the troops and militants, and Afghan witnesses and some authorities blaming the Americans for indiscriminately shooting at civilian vehicles in anger after the explosion.

The United States military said the unit came under fire after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car near their convoy “as part of a complex ambush involving enemy small-arms fire from several directions.”

The marines, who were on patrol near Jalalabad airfield, returned fire, and the civilians were killed and wounded in the crossfire during the battle, according to a statement from the military press office at Bagram airbase near Kabul.

“We regret the death of innocent Afghan citizens as a result of the Taliban extremists’ cowardly act,” Lt. Col. David Accetta, a military spokesman, said in the statement. “Once again, the terrorists demonstrated their blatant disregard for human life by attacking coalition forces in a populated area, knowing full well that innocent Afghans would be killed and wounded in the attack.”

Yet some of the wounded interviewed in the hospital by news agencies said the only shooting came from the American troops. A hospital official, who asked not to be named, said all the wounded were suffering from bullet wounds and not shrapnel from the bomb explosion.

Hundreds of Afghans blocked the road and threw rocks at police officers in protest afterward, with some demonstrators shouting “Death to America! Death to Karzai,” a reference to President Hamid Karzai, The Associated Press reported.

The shooting is a setback for American forces in Afghanistan, who have been working to contain the continuing insurgent attacks, in particular roadside bombs and suicide attacks, and win the support of the people with reconstruction and development projects. Deadly riots shook Kabul last May after American troops were involved in a fatal car crash and then opened fire on the crowd.

Among the dead this morning were a woman and two children in their early teens, said Dr. Ajmal Pardez, the provincial director of health, speaking by telephone from the Jalalabad city hospital. He said the hospital received 10 dead and 25 wounded people from the incident, with four people in critical condition, he said.

After the suicide attack, the American soldiers treated every car and person along the highway as a potential attacker, though none of the people showed hostile intent, Muhammad Khan Katawazi, the district chief of Shinwar, told The Associated Press.

“They were firing everywhere, and they even opened fire on 14 to 15 vehicles passing on the highway,” said Tur Gul, 38, who was standing on the roadside by a gas station and was shot twice in his right hand. “They opened fire on everybody, the ones inside the vehicles and the ones on foot.”

Some of the wounded interviewed by The Associated Press said the soldiers opened fire indiscriminately on passing cars and pedestrians on the busy main road.

“When we parked our vehicle, when they passed us, they opened fire on our vehicle,” said 15-year-old Mohammad Ishaq, who was hit by two bullets, in his left arm and his right ear. “It was a convoy of three American Humvees. All three Humvees were firing around.”

In other fighting, two British soldiers were killed on Saturday in southern Afghanistan, the British Defense Ministry said today. The men were involved in heavy fighting that has raged for three days in the town of Sangin, said Col. Tom Collins, a NATO spokesman in Kabul. Townspeople have fled the town and abandoned their shops as Taliban insurgents and British troops stationed there have been trading artillery and rockets, according to a resident of the area.

World : Iran nuclear issue: US to use force if diplomacy fails

Posted by admin on 2007/2/24 4:48:32

Sydney, Feb 24 (DPA) The United States could resort to force if diplomacy failed and Iran looked set to acquire nuclear weapons, US Vice President Dick Cheney said here Saturday.

"All options are still on the table," Cheney said during a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

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Cheney said every effort would be made to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions through diplomatic means.

"But I have made the point, and the president (Bush) has made the point, that all options are still on the table," Cheney said after an hour-long meeting with Howard in his Sydney office.Cheney, who arrived Thursday after visiting Japan and will leave on Sunday, said the US was dismayed by Iran's ambitions.

"We see a nation that has been fairly aggressive in the Middle East, a sponsor of Hezbollah," Cheney said. "They have made some fairly inflammatory statements. They appear to be pursuing the development of nuclear weapons. It would be a serious mistake if a nation such as Iran became a nuclear power."

Howard, in parallel remarks, said Iran stood to gain from any precipitate withdrawal from Iraq.

"I don't think there would be a country whose influence and potential clout would be more enhanced in that part of the world than Iran's would be if the coalition were defeated in Iraq," Howard told reporters.

Australia, which with Britain and Poland committed troops to the US-led invasion of Iraq, has 1,400 soldiers deployed there. Last week Howard announced that a further detachment of up to 70 military trainers would be sent.

Howard, described by President George W. Bush as a "man of steel", sets great store in Australia's military alliance with the US. This week he also signalled that Canberra would be increasing its strength in Afghanistan, perhaps to a force of 1,000 troops from 550 at present

Today, on the Current with Annmarie on CBC, A canadian writer and documetary producer said that the CIA, USA, France and the UK are behind all that is happening in Iraq/middle east. This could mean that the CIA and USA are responsible for terrorism/911 but blame it on the innocent middle east people. the CIA use the middle east people, and the plan, the weapon, the funding, and whatever it takes to form terrorism too are their responsiblity

History tells European powers through religion excuses end up colonizing Africa, and the rest of world! in modern day North Americans Powers in the name of terrorism are now governing iraq, and Afghanistan Indirectly.Also forgetting that they themselves terrorizing the innocent Inhabitants of these countries. Iraq under saddam was well off, though saddam was using Iron fist to govern Iraq. Afghan was better though yet poor but as a result the attach on them by North American powers they became poorer! the Truth is North America doesnot have a solid prove of terrorism but rather theories and believes and a minute evidence that doesnot stand firm! From my judgement the North powers is trying to steal the wealth of these vulnarable countries just as the European did in the 19th century leaving them poor and weak!

Genesis chapter 9 talks of God's promises that, he will never destroy the world with flood again. does that mean there will no flood as Al Gore or scientific evidences in that case, predicted?

Due to science our generation to losting the Image of God! Even some Church agree with the theory of Evolution. why does God let this happen!

why is 3+3 and 3x3 not equal to the same answer? the same applies to all the ather figures expect for 2?!!

How do I know that if I gave my heart to him, I will be happy? if u say the Bible said so, how do I know It true! what is truth and happiness?

I hate falling in love but ma wana be in love, i wana know how i can get rid of it by donating it to someone who is loveless, and replace it with a robot heart wih no emotions or feeling! but still live a long life....having heart sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!