{"id":8106,"date":"2009-05-07T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8106"},"modified":"2009-05-07T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T19:23:43","slug":"jeremy-scahill-after-us-strikes-afghans-describe-tractor-trailers-full-of-pieces-of-human-bodies-meanwhile-obama-readies-21000-more-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=8106","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Scahill: After US Strikes, Afghans Describe &#8220;Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;&#8221; Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rebelreports.com\/post\/104594733\/after-us-strikes-afghans-describe-tractor-trailers\">By Jeremy Scahill<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_8105\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8105\" data-attachment-id=\"8105\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=8105\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?fit=585%2C350\" data-orig-size=\"585,350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"afghanistan_545575a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A child wounded in the US bombing of Farah.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?fit=300%2C179\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?fit=585%2C350\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8105\" title=\"afghanistan_545575a\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?resize=300%2C179\" alt=\"A child wounded in the US bombing of Farah.\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?resize=300%2C179 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?resize=150%2C89 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/afghanistan_545575a.jpg?w=585 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child wounded in the US bombing of Farah.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>As President Barack Obama prepares to send some 21,000 more US troops into Afghanistan, anger is rising in the western province of Farah, the scene of a US bombing <a href=\"http:\/\/rebelreports.com\/post\/104287466\/red-cross-us-airstrikes-killed-13-members-of-one\">massacre<\/a> that may have killed as many as 130 Afghans, including 13 members of one family. At least six houses were bombed and among the dead and wounded are women and children. As of this writing reports indicate some people remain buried in rubble. The US airstrikes happened on Monday and Tuesday. Just hours after Obama met with US-backed president Hamid Karzai Wednesday, hundreds of Afghans\u2014perhaps as many as 2,000\u2014 poured into the streets of the provincial capital, chanting \u201cDeath to America.\u201d The protesters demanded a US withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/rebelreports.com\/post\/104594733\/after-us-strikes-afghans-describe-tractor-trailers\">Read the report<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As rage spreads in Afghanistan after US bombing that killed up to 130 people, unnamed Pentagon officials are spinning another cover-up. Defiant Obama moves ahead with troop increase. 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