Afghan MP says family shot in coalition misfire

[sabra]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL150283.htm

Afghan MP says family shot in coalition misfire

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A member of the Afghan parliament said on Friday U.S.-led troops mistakenly opened fire on a car carrying members of his family, killing one and wounding four, in the volatile south of the country.

U.S. force have mounted big offensives in eastern and southern Afghanistan in recent weeks in response to the most intense Taliban attacks since the hardline Islamists were ousted in 2001.

In a separate incident, insurgents ambushed U.S.-led troops in the southern province of Helmand, killing one and wounding another, the U.S. military said. Sixty-four foreign soldiers have been killed this year in Afghan combat or accidents on patrol.

Abdul Khaliq, a member of the lower house of parliament from the southern province of Uruzgan, said U.S.-led troops opened fire on a car carrying his relatives in the province's Chora district on Wednesday.

[mike_c]

1. deliberately shooting the wrong target is not a "misfire...."

This is absurd, Orwellian newspeak.