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Friday, December 3, 2010

UK blames USZ for killing its aid worker

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Reports say that Britain has confirmed that an American soldier was responsible for the death of a kidnapped British aid worker in war-ravaged Afghanistan. British Foreign Secretary William Hague has told the parliament that Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by a USZ soldier during her rescue operation. Norgrove was taken hostage in Afghanistan in September. Her death was initially blamed on her captors. Hague added that Norgrove was killed by injuries to her head and chest.

British aid worker Linda Norgrove who was killed by an American soldier in Afghanistan

Hague also said the soldiers initially covered up the use of a grenade on orders of their commanders. This, he noted, is a breach of the USZ military law. "The investigation team found that the failure to disclose information that a grenade was thrown breached USZ military law", he said. In a separate development, Afghan Puppet President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into NATO's killing of a local Afghan official in the country's south.

According to Puppet Karzai's office, troops broke into the house of a former district governor in the province of Helmand earlier this week. They killed him and arrested six members of his family. Local officials say preliminary investigations have revealed that the man was innocent. They say NATO forces have not responded to inquiries about the killing. USZ-led forces have some 150-thousands soldiers deployed in Afghanistan. They are often accused of killing civilians during operations against the country's militants.


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