"an Air Force B-1 dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a building.... troops called in F-18 fighter jet air strikes as well as help from the B-1 bomber... to strike a half-dozen targets"
And here was the RESULT:
"Better training urged in Afghan inquiry; Report follows May 4 bombing, civilian deaths" by Pauline Jelinek, Associatd Press | June 18, 2009
WASHINGTON - Afghan officials have said that 140 civilians were killed during the air strikes in Farah Province. The report being prepared for release holds to earlier US estimates of a lower death toll of about 30 civilians and 60 to 65 Taliban fighters. Officials acknowledged that a precise number may never be known because many victims were buried before the investigation started.
But 6 MILLION JEWS were exterminated during the Holohoax™ -- and don't you dare question it!!!!
Defense officials have struggled for days to produce an unclassified summary that can be released publicly and would explain the findings of the investigation.
Translation: this was a tough cover-story to rite.
They have also worked to pare down hours of video that shows what happened....
Well, if they HAVE VIDEO, release it!
Let us SEE what happened rather than reading some sham of a report from a pathologically-lying military.
In one air strike, an Air Force B-1 dropped a 2,000-pound bomb on a building that Taliban members had been seen entering, officials have said. Some military officials have questioned whether that bomb was larger and more destructive than warranted.
Just as they questioned the Iraq intel, right?
The air crew received permission to strike but circled around and dropped the bomb without reconfirming. That lag time, officials said, may have allowed the insurgents to leave the targeted building and civilians to enter in the interim before the blast. It is not known whether that air strike added to the civilian toll, officials have said. Officials said the report does not recommend changes in tactics and procedures used in Afghanistan....
The toll of dead civilians from US air strikes feeds Afghan resentment toward the military mission and has become a major irritant in US dealings with Afghanistan’s fragile civilian government. Protecting the population is key to the counterinsurgency campaign. The United Nations has said 2,118 civilians died in the Afghan war last year, 40 percent more than in 2007. The UN said US, NATO, and Afghan forces killed 829 civilians, or 39 percent of the total. Of those, 552 deaths were blamed on air strikes.
The Pentagon says that in the first five months of this year, civilian casualties have dropped 27 percent from the same period in 2008, and that kidnappings and assassinations decreased 19 percent. At the same time casualties among US and NATO forces have risen 62 percent, the Defense Department says.
How can you believe their numbers?
Seriously, they have lied about everything else.
According to the US military, the battle in Farah Province began a day after Taliban fighters entered two villages, demanded money from civilians, and killed three former government employees. An Afghan force rushed in, only to be ambushed by as many as 300 insurgents.
That is ACCORDING to the U.S. MILITARY and I NO LONGER BELIEVE THEM or the PAPERS that REGURGITATE their PROPAGANDA!!!
The provincial governor asked for US help, and American ground troops joined the battle, the US officials said. Before the battle was over, troops called in F-18 fighter jet air strikes as well as help from the B-1 bomber, coordinating with the ground commander to strike a half-dozen targets, the US officials have said.
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I think I'm going to be sick.
