The deaths are the first civilian casualties since the start of the 2-day-old attack on the Taliban stronghold of Marja. NATO says it is suspending use of the weapons system used in the deadly strike.
By Tony Perry and Laura King
11:00 AM PST, February 14, 2010
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-afghan-marja15-2010feb15,0,6559419.story
Reporting from The Outskirts Of Marja, Afghanistan, and Kabul -- As U.S. Marines battled Sunday to consolidate their hold on the southern Afghanistan town of Marja, Western commanders reported the first serious setback of the 2-day-old offensive: the deaths of a dozen Afghan civilians in an errant rocket strike.U.S. Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of Western forces in Afghanistan, extended personal apologies to Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the deaths.
The fatalities represented the first large-scale episode of civilian casualties since the start of fighting in Nad Ali, the district in central Helmand province where Marja lies.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
12 AFGHAN CIVILIANS KILLED BY ERRANT U.S. ROCKET ATTACK ON MARJAH
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