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NATO Reacts to Hamid Karzai's Warning (Video)

By Beth Ford Roth / Home Post Blogger

Published May 31, 2011 at 6:14 AM PDT

This story was published more than 13 years ago.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai had a strong warning today for NATO: we will no longer allow you to perform airstrikes on houses in Afghanistan. And NATO quickly responded: actually, yes you will.

I'm paraphrasing, but the point is a major confrontation is brewing between Karzai and NATO. The Christian Science Monitor reports Karzai's remarks today were in response to a recent devastating NATO airstrike, which killed 12 children and two women.

According to the CSM, Karzai told reporters:

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A NATO spokeswoman with the fantastic name of Maj. Sunset Belinsky was quick to respond to Karzai's speech:

TelegraphTV posted this video of Karzai's speech on YouTube. Take a look:

http://youtu.be/jyc526yjAc4

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Beth Ford Roth

Blogger Beth Ford Roth was born into a military family and has covered issues important to service members and their loved ones for many years. She has worked as a broadcast journalist in both commercial television and public radio.

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