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No sign of arms.
No wounded Americans.
My guess is that the US soldiers just designated some villagers as "enemy combatants" to get their required body count.
Let's not forget that the "Taliban" are Afghanis living in their own land.
It was the US that formed, armed, equipped and fed the Taliban calling them the "soldiers of God" when they fought the Russians.
It was also the US that put them into power as the "legitimate" government of Afghanistan when the Russians were defeated.
But then the US wanted to do exactly what the Russians had done, invade Afghanistan and pipe oil from the Caspian Sea oilfields. And the only way to do that was to pretend that the Taliban were evil.
In truth, even now, the Taliban work for the west. Their job is to be the enemy. They are supplied by British helicopters.
I know this because I met a British helicopter pilot who personally delivered supplies to the Taliban on several occasions.
Once in a while they are ordered to attack a village and kill some people, just to keep up appearances. And once in a while they send a couple of flunkies to set bombs or fire on western forces, also to keep up appearances.
After all, without any enemies and a few casualties the US wouldn't have much excuse to be occupying Afghanistan, would it?
Concerning this video, I suspect that like the Abu Graib photos, it was made intentionally to turn US public opinion against the war.
The big push at the moment is to stir up militant opposition against the government in the US. That will permit the imposition of martial law.
The anti-war movement will be the core of the desired militant opposition.