Civilian Casualties: Sloppy Work or Allied Targeters Pwned?
ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR?!?
THE GAMES THAT ARE PLAYED
Rick at Brutally Honest, wonders if Allied targeters might not be getting duped by the Taliban?
Nato strike kills 27 Afghanistan civilians via Are our targeters on the ground being willfully duped?:
At least 33 civilians were killed in a Nato air strike in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the Afghan government says.
Nato said it hit a suspected insurgent convoy, but ground forces later found “a number of individuals killed and wounded”, including women and children.
The attack, in Uruzgan province, was not part of a major Nato-led offensive in neighbouring Helmand province.
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A Nato statement said it was thought the convoy contained Taliban insurgents on their way to attack Afghan and foreign military forces.But Sultan Ali, the governor of Uruzgan province, told the BBC all of the dead were civilians.
Rick has contacted some milbloggers and promises to update the post when any feedback comes his way.
War is a necessary but messy business in spite of media and military efforts to make it appear otherwise.
“Surgical strike” sounds very much like something done with incredible precision. Compared to the past, when a large amount of explosives were thrown or dropped through the air–along with a large amount of hope–targeting today is more reliable.
Still, the results on the ground are, at times, anything but “surgical.”
Is this just another excuse for lousy work? Or, are our targeters being duped by the Taliban for P.R. purposes?
Stay tuned.
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