"Women And Children First"

Toll in U.S. Bombing of Afghan Village Could Reach 80

The civilian death toll from the U.S. bombing of a village in Afghanistan this week could be nearly four times the official figure of twenty-one. The New York Times reports residents of the Sarwan Qala village are claiming as many as eighty civilians were killed in the attack. At least three houses were destroyed. Most victims identified so far are women and children.

Source: Democracy Now, May 11, 2007

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Well, darn, that's another $160,000 (80 dead at $2,000 a pop).

Or is there a discount for multiple members of the same family? $2K for the first kill, $1K for the second, $500 for the third, and so on?

Oh for the good old days of the Afghani Taliban, who weren't nearly so violent as the American Taliban...

TLC