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Airstrikes in Afghanistan have caused many civilian casualties, resulting in an official request by the Afghan government to the US military to stop air and ground strikes within civilian populations.

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/509657/cs/1/



McChrystal Looks to Spin Afghan Civilian Deaths Problem

There are growing indications that his command is preparing to deal with the issue primarily by seeking to shift the blame to the Taliban through more and better propaganda operations and by using more high-tech drone intelligence aircraft to increase battlefield surveillance rather than by curbing the main direct cause of civilian casualties.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47261


From Information Clearing House



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McChrystal
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Taliban
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=drone
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bombing+civilian
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+casualties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter