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Petraeus Accuses Afghan Parents of Burning Kids to Make US Look Bad -- News from Antiwar.com

Petraeus Accuses Afghan Parents of Burning Kids to Make US Look Bad -- News from Antiwar.com: "One would think that the effort to downplay the killings of as many as 64 civilians, including a large number of children, would be enough to spark considerable anti-US outrage, but apparently Gen. David Petraeus saw an opportunity to make things even worse, and took it.

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