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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Here we go again,you don't even make a response to my post,instead you just spout out more of the same.In military terms,the Taliban have been defeated again and again and again.Its the battle for the "hearts and minds" which the US are in danger of losing and the US will try and keep civilian casualties down as low as possible because otherwise they cannot hope to win the battle for "hearts and mind".

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"we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"
