Agorism
05-01-2011, 02:43 AM
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-05-29/news/27065716_1_civilian-deaths-unmanned-aircraft-missile-strike
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. military investigators found that "inaccurate and unprofessional" reporting by U.S. operators of a Predator drone was responsible for a missile strike that killed 23 Afghan civilians in February, according to a report released Saturday.
Release of the scathing report is part of a U.S. effort to counter rising public anger over civilian deaths, which threatens to undermine the campaign against the Taliban at a critical juncture in the nearly nine-year war.
Twelve other civilians including a woman and three children were wounded in the missile strike, the report said. Four American officers - two described as senior - received career-damaging reprimands, the U.S. command said in a statement.
KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S. military investigators found that "inaccurate and unprofessional" reporting by U.S. operators of a Predator drone was responsible for a missile strike that killed 23 Afghan civilians in February, according to a report released Saturday.
Release of the scathing report is part of a U.S. effort to counter rising public anger over civilian deaths, which threatens to undermine the campaign against the Taliban at a critical juncture in the nearly nine-year war.
Twelve other civilians including a woman and three children were wounded in the missile strike, the report said. Four American officers - two described as senior - received career-damaging reprimands, the U.S. command said in a statement.