shio said:
Rpruett said:
shio said:
NKAJ said:
shio said:
In 2008, a AC-130 "Spectre" gunship carried out a ground attack on the village of Azizabad in Herat Province. The target was a Taliban commander. The report at the time said that no civilians had died. It only refers to 30 insurgents killed in action.
In fact, according to a UN report, 90 civilians died - 60 of them children as well as 15 women.
Meanwhile in September 2006, troops taking part in Operation Medusa moved into a large area around Panjwayi, west of Kandahar, and a known Taliban stronghold.
A Nato report found that 31 civilians had died - 20 of them from the same extended family following an airstrike. The leaked documents record 181 civilian deaths.
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/secret files wikileaks exposes aposunseen afghan warapos/3723387
Wikileaks shows the truth once again.
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Yes it has shown the truth that there is such thing as collateral damage.The US ,in general ,actually tries to prevent any civilian casualties,after all,how are they going to win the "hearts and minds" of the population ? The Taliban on the other hand,openly use civilians as hostages and don't show any regret in killing innocents.No doubt you wont see that side of the story because all you are interested in is trying to show how "evil" the US is.
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How about the fact that US is killing thousands of civillians and then cover up their deaths?
And the US probably isn't even going to win the war. They're losing it to the taliban.
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Why publicize errors in an already controversial war? That seems like a good way to lose support for what is intended to be a 'Good' cause? I don't think they would cover it up forever just until they finished their work.
And give me a break. The US beat the Taliban within 24 hours of landing on their soil. American soldiers lose their lives on a daily basis over there just so a lot of innocent civilians don't die.
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And yet the US soldiers are killing more civillians than anyone else.
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The US is the strongest military force in the world, ofcourse more people will die when facing them. Especially, when terrorists use their own countrymen as shields. There are more non-terrorists than terrorists in these nations.
Maybe if the civilians were a little more eager to rid the terrorists, they would be out of harms way.
