This has been a continuing, sad story. We don't seem to try hard enough to avoid civilian casualties and that can be a fatal mistake in a counter-insurgency campaign. (Via Norbizness)
British Criticize Air Attacks in Afghan Region
By CARLOTTA GALL
Published: August 9, 2007
NY Times
(excerpts)
SANGIN, Afghanistan — A senior British commander in southern Afghanistan said in recent weeks that he had asked that American Special Forces leave his area of operations because the high level of civilian casualties they had caused was making it difficult to win over local people.
In just two cases, airstrikes killed 31 nomads west of Kandahar in November last year and another 57 villagers, half of them women and children, in western Afghanistan in April. In both cases, United States Special Forces were responsible for calling in the airstrikes.
Monday, August 13, 2007
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