U.S. GENERAL FIRED

"The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan has fired a senior officer from his job as the No. 2 general in charge of training for making inappropriate public remarks about Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his government... Maj. Gen. Peter Fuller has been relieved of his duties as deputy commander for the Afghan training mission... Fuller characterized Afghan leaders as erratic, ungrateful and isolated from reality.... saying Afghan leaders don't fully recognize America's sacrifices on their country's behalf..."
http://news.yahoo.com/us-general-fired-afghan-training-job-220453969.html

U.S. NIGHT RAIDS KILLED OVER 1,500 AFGAN CIVILIANS

"U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) killed well over 1,500 civilians in night raids in less than 10 months in 2010 and early 2011, analysis of official statistics on the raids released by the U.S.-NATO command reveals... That number would make U.S. night raids by far the largest cause of civilian casualties in the war in Afghanistan. ... Except for a relatively few women and children killed by accident, the civilians who died in the raids were all adult males who were counted as insurgents in press releases... (but) have invariably been either close relatives or neighbours who have come out to assist against an armed assault..."
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105704