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I really, really hope this isn't a case of the bad guys wiring up some developmentally challenged individual to throw a decoy into the mix, to make the troops even MORE jumpy, or to have a "lookit who they're shooting now" victim.
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Two civilians shot as tension rises in Kandahar
Graeme Smith, Globe & Mail, 17 Feb 07
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Two civilians were shot dead by NATO troops Saturday during separate incidents in Kandahar, adding to rising tensions in a province that had been enjoying a winter lull in the violence.
One of the shootings proved to be somewhat bizarre. Around 3:40 p.m, a Canadian convoy was driving west along a main highway when they encountered a man walking down the centre line, about 12 kilometres outside the city.
The convoy slowed as it approached the man, a military spokesman said.
He was heard mumbling to himself and chanting, and soldiers noticed wires sticking out from his clothing.
He ignored warnings stay back from the Canadian vehicles, and wasn't scared away by warning shots. Soldiers opened fire on him.
"It's pretty safe to say the people in the convoy felt threatened," said Lieutenant-Commander Kris Phillips, a Canadian military spokesman.
A bomb disposal team was called to the scene, and determined that the man wasn't carrying anything explosive. But they did notice a strange contraption attached to his chest, LCdr. Phillips said, consisting of straps, multi-coloured wires, and rubbery tubing.
"The behaviour of this individual is somewhat perplexing," he said.
A second shooting earlier in the day involved NATO forces, not Canadian, whose nationality was not immediately released. A NATO statement said a man darted between the vehicles of a stopped convoy near Kandahar Airfield. Troops flashed a light at him and fired warning shots in an attempt to stop him, the statement said, but when he kept moving a gunner opened fire.
The man was not treated for his injuries until after an explosives team had searched him for bombs, and found none. He later died of his wounds in a military hospital at nearby Kandahar Air Field.
"Local nationals are encouraged to keep clear of all convoys, whether they are moving or stopped," said Lt. Col. Angela Billings, a NATO spokeswoman, in a statement ....
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Two civilians shot as tension rises in Kandahar
Graeme Smith, Globe & Mail, 17 Feb 07
Article Link
Two civilians were shot dead by NATO troops Saturday during separate incidents in Kandahar, adding to rising tensions in a province that had been enjoying a winter lull in the violence.
One of the shootings proved to be somewhat bizarre. Around 3:40 p.m, a Canadian convoy was driving west along a main highway when they encountered a man walking down the centre line, about 12 kilometres outside the city.
The convoy slowed as it approached the man, a military spokesman said.
He was heard mumbling to himself and chanting, and soldiers noticed wires sticking out from his clothing.
He ignored warnings stay back from the Canadian vehicles, and wasn't scared away by warning shots. Soldiers opened fire on him.
"It's pretty safe to say the people in the convoy felt threatened," said Lieutenant-Commander Kris Phillips, a Canadian military spokesman.
A bomb disposal team was called to the scene, and determined that the man wasn't carrying anything explosive. But they did notice a strange contraption attached to his chest, LCdr. Phillips said, consisting of straps, multi-coloured wires, and rubbery tubing.
"The behaviour of this individual is somewhat perplexing," he said.
A second shooting earlier in the day involved NATO forces, not Canadian, whose nationality was not immediately released. A NATO statement said a man darted between the vehicles of a stopped convoy near Kandahar Airfield. Troops flashed a light at him and fired warning shots in an attempt to stop him, the statement said, but when he kept moving a gunner opened fire.
The man was not treated for his injuries until after an explosives team had searched him for bombs, and found none. He later died of his wounds in a military hospital at nearby Kandahar Air Field.
"Local nationals are encouraged to keep clear of all convoys, whether they are moving or stopped," said Lt. Col. Angela Billings, a NATO spokeswoman, in a statement ....
