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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A U.S. commander said Tuesday he is ''deeply ashamed'' by the Marine killings of Afghan civilians in March and reported that the American military has made condolence payments to their families.
''Today we met with the families of those victims: 19 dead and 50 injured,'' said Col. John Nicholson, commander of the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, deployed in eastern Afghanistan. ''We made official apologies on the part of the U.S. government'' and payments of about $2,000 for each death.
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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