ARRIVING IN AFGHANISTAN - U.S. Marines and sailors disembark a C-17 cargo plane on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2009, to support Operation Enduring Freedom. For many, this is their first deployment, and in many cases their first time outside of the United States. The Marines and sailors are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. DoD photoWe Don't Know What Really Happened in Kunar -- War And Peace/Change.org
What follows is a cautionary tale, in timeline form, about the perils of investigating, reporting on, and responding to civilian casualty incidents in armed conflict.
Dec. 26 – An incident took place in a small village in Kunar province, northeastern Afghanistan, and Afghans were reportedly killed.
Dec. 27 - Local authorities claimed an airstrike by foreign forces had killed nine or ten civilians. The International Security Assistance Force, NATO’s command in Afghanistan, said the incident did not involve an airstrike and the Afghans killed in the operation were insurgents who had been planting improvised explosive devices.
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My Comment: Another clear example on why we are losing the "propaganda" war.