Aussies Join in The Carnage

Australian special forces soldiers have killed five children in an attack on a 'compound' in Afghanistan. The incident has triggered yet another strong warning from the Afghan Government that civilian deaths are playing into the hands of the Taliban.
Afghan ambassador Amanullah Jayhoon said his Government was very concerned that the Australians had not co-ordinated the operation with Afghan security forces.
The ambassador said 1000 civilians were killed by Coalition forces last year and such killings were eroding support for the Afghan Government.

The Australian Defence Force chief of joint operations, Lieutenant-General Mark Evans, said the soldiers were involved in an operation in Oruzgan province, southern Afghanistan, in darkness early on Thursday. He said 'tragically some civilians were killed'. Couldn't have foreseen that 'tragedy', eh, General. It's not the first you will preside over or the last.