US airstrike kills 22 civilians in Afghanistan
Submitted: Jul 5, 2008 - The Military is insistent that they hit a military target whilst the province's governor has said that 22 civilians, including a woman and a child, have been killed. Lieutenant Nathan Perry, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said "These were combatants. These were people who were firing on us...We have no reports of noncombatant injuries." In stark contrast, Tamim Nuristani, the governor…

