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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Saundra Lund <v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> vision2020@moscow.com <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, May 27, 2012 1:34 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Vision2020] Afghan official: 8 civilians killed in <SPAN id=misspell-1 class=mark>airstrike</SPAN><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Given the recent discussions, this story is tragically timely. I don't<BR>agree with all the comments and/or conclusions reached by some, but I do<BR>absolutely agree that the American people have been
sold a bill of goods --<BR>something far too many swallowed hook, line, and sinker -- with respect to<BR>the phony claims that these military actions abroad and the loss of civil<BR>liberties at home are necessary for security, and that gross military<BR>spending -- at the expense of cuts to education, health care spending,<BR>Social Security, and programs that help our citizens in need -- is justified<BR>for the false sense of security. Pure hogwash.<BR><BR>Saundra<BR>_____<BR><BR>Associated Press<BR>May. 27, 2012 2:40 AM ET<BR>Afghan official: 8 civilians killed in <SPAN id=misspell-2 class=mark>airstrike</SPAN><BR><BR>KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan authorities say an <SPAN id=misspell-3 class=mark>airstrike</SPAN> by the<BR>U.S.-led NATO coalition has killed eight members of a family in eastern<BR>Afghanistan.<BR><BR>The coalition says it is aware of the allegation and is looking into what<BR>happened late Saturday in <SPAN id=misspell-4
class=mark>Paktia</SPAN> province.<BR><BR>Provincial spokesman <SPAN id=misspell-5 class=mark>Rohullah</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>Samon</SPAN> said Sunday that a man, woman and their<BR>six children were killed in a coalition <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>airstrike</SPAN> 8 p.m. in <SPAN id=misspell-8 class=mark>Suri</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-9 class=mark>Khail</SPAN><BR>village of <SPAN id=misspell-10 class=mark>Gurda</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-11 class=mark>Saria</SPAN> district.<BR><BR>Actions of the Taliban kill more civilians than foreign forces, but the<BR>deaths of citizens caught in the crossfire of the decade-long war continue<BR>to be an irritant in President Hamid <SPAN id=misspell-12 class=mark>Karzai's</SPAN> relationship with his<BR>international partners.<BR><BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet,<BR>serving the communities of the <SPAN
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