Patrick Quinn
KABUL, Afghanistan— The Associated Press
Published Sunday, Mar. 06, 2011 12:44PM EST
Last updated Sunday, Mar. 06, 2011 12:59PM EST
...The killing of the nine boys took place on March 1 in the Pech valley area of Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan.
Lieutenant-General David Rodriguez, who directs day-to-day operations of coalition forces across Afghanistan, later issued a video statement of apology.
In the video, Lt.-Gen. Rodriguez said troops at a base in the valley were responding to a rocket attack and dispatched attack helicopters to the location they were told the rockets came from. He said the helicopters thought they were engaging insurgents, but it later turned out they were boys from a nearby village who were cutting firewood...
I bet those boys were using AK-47s to cut the wood with.
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