The US report claims that two thirds of the 80 casualties were “Taliban extremists”. Yet the documentary evidence lists names and dates of birth of those killed. 93 of the fatalities were children.
It is absurd to describe these people as “similarly sized adults”. And “moving rapidly across difficult terrain” is a strange formulation, as the people were using the same track through the village they used every day.
More disturbing than the report itself is what it omits to say. Nowhere do the authors question the wisdom of dropping devastating 2,000 pound bombs on a civilian area.
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Helicopter shortage indeed. You would think the occupation of Afghanistan was about soldiers problems to judge by teh UK papers. I don't support the militarists and hope they get what they deserve. Troops out . Election now.
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