Quotes of the Day
Thursday, Jun. 01, 2006
Our soldiers believed fire was coming from the crowd, and they fired their
weapons in self-defense.
- Col. Tom Collins
- An American military spokesman, responding to official claims by the government in Afghanistan that the U.S. military fired shots into a civilian crowd after a convoy accident, leading to violent riots on Monday
Photo: XINHUA ZABI TAMANNA / AP | Source: New York Times