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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 01:38 PM
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Study Cites Drone Crew in Attack on Afghans
Study Cites Drone Crew in Attack on Afghans
By CHRISTOPHER DREW

A Predator drone pilot played down two warnings about the presence of children before military commanders ordered a helicopter attack that killed 23 Afghan civilians traveling down a road in February, an Air Force investigation has found.

A report on the investigation, released Friday, said the pilot’s mistakes “clouded the picture” and contributed to poor judgments by field commanders, who believed the vehicles being monitored were carrying Taliban fighters.

The attack inflamed tensions over civilian casualties and raised questions about the hazards of relying on remotely piloted aircraft to track people suspected of being insurgents.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11drone.html


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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 02:40 PM
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1. burn korans bad, drone kids to death good US policy. ok nt
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RC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-12-10 02:54 PM
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2. Must have been too many survivors and witnesses to spin it.
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