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Among the number of Afghan casualties inflicted by the U.S., the mistaken killing of 15 children stands out. "We are very angry," says Ghulab Khan, a local farmer observing the row of eight rocky graves in Paktia. The incidents are bound to inflame anger at American soldiers and the pro-U.S. President, Hamid Karzai. The deaths embarrassed U.S. military commanders struggling to bring security and normality to the country, and deepened worries among Afghan authorities and civilians about the accuracy and skill of U.S. counterinsurgency methods. "It shows the need for better coordination," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Omar Samad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Way Off The Mark | 12/22/2003 | See Source »

...Among the number of Afghan casualties inflicted by the U.S., the mistaken killing of 15 children stands out. "We are very angry," says Ghulab Khan, a local farmer observing the row of eight rocky graves in Paktia. The incidents are bound to inflame anger at American soldiers and the pro-U.S. President, Hamid Karzai. The deaths embarrassed U.S. military commanders struggling to bring security and normality to the country, and deepened worries among Afghan authorities and civilians about the accuracy and skill of U.S. counterinsurgency methods. "It shows the need for better coordination," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Omar Samad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Way Off the Mark | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

Here's the basic setup: you've been captured by a demented movie director who plops you down in an abandoned slum infested with gang members. The gang members think they're hunting you. They are sadly mistaken. You are hunting them, with whatever weapons--a plastic bag, a sawed-off 12 gauge--you can lay your ruthless, muscular hands on. Meanwhile, the director gleefully captures the gore on film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Danger In The Dark | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...Night Three: The crowd swells to 1,000. Lever spots the croc and heaves his personally designed, nonlethal bamboo harpoon. He misses. He then shines his flashlight over the water and thinks he catches the red reflection of the croc's eyes. He's mistaken: they are bobbing Coke cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unhappy Hunting | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...promise that The Game once held a month ago is gone. One would be mistaken to downplay what is on the line at Yale Bowl, however. The stakes are still high for the Crimson—very high. Here?...

Author: By Alex Mcphillips, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Saving Face: With Win Over Yale, Football Can Clinch Share of Second | 11/21/2003 | See Source »

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