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...Afghanistan Backlash on Civilian Deaths U.S. and NATO air strikes killed 321 civilians in 2007, three times as many as in the previous year, Human Rights Watch reported, amid a dispute over civilian fatalities in an Aug. 22 attack. New video footage has prompted U.S. investigators to re-examine their initial conclusion that most of the strike's casualties were Taliban. One tribal elder offered to dig up victims' graves to prove their innocence...
Both Russia and Georgia are guilty of atrocities. However, Georgia's heavy shelling of South Ossetia, including civilian areas, must preclude it from being seen as a victim. I would expect that type of language from Fox News, but I expect a powerful media outlet like Time to report the truth in an unbiased manner. Chris Pappas, LUBBOCK, TEXAS...
...limited to air strikes. The Sept. 3 commando raid was the first publicly acknowledged ground operation conducted by U.S. special-operation forces on Pakistani soil (even though U.S. officials refuse to comment on it). Clearly, a new, more intensive campaign has begun. The mounting Pakistani resentment over the civilian casualties inflicted in the U.S. raids - and Pakistani political leaders' ritual denunciation of those actions - are unlikely to change American plans. "They've gotten used to attacks being launched from drones," says a Pentagon official. "They might get used to this...
...question of any agreement or understanding with the American-led Coalition in Afghanistan in which it is allowed to conduct operations on the Pakistani side of the border and that the current trust deficit between the two countries would lead only to more problems. Pakistani tolerance is diminishing for civilian casualties inflicted by a foreign army pursuing its own agenda. Clearly, the U.S. needs to hone its intelligence-gathering capabilities to do a better job of avoiding civilian casualties, while the Pakistani leadership - if it is to avoid becoming the target of a backlash - needs to question whether its best...
...have taken to heart Barack Obama's assertion that the U.S. should be as careful getting out of Iraq as it was careless going in. President Bush announced today that he'll withdraw only about 5% of the current 146,000-strong force in Iraq before he leaves office. "Civilian deaths are down, sectarian killings are down, suicide bombings are down and normal life is returning to communities across the country," Bush told a military audience in Washington this morning. "While the enemy in Iraq is still dangerous, we have seized the offensive...