U.S. to Keep Report on Afghan Raid Secret (9 children killed)

Florida_Geek

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Wed Mar-10-04 10:15 AM
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U.S. to Keep Report on Afghan Raid Secret (9 children killed)

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Afghan-Child-Victims.html

March 10, 2004
U.S. to Keep Report on Afghan Raid Secret
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:17 a.m. ET

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military on Wednesday said it would not release the findings of an investigation into an airstrike that killed nine Afghan children last year.

Spokesman Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said an officer who led the probe concluded that the military followed ``appropriate'' rules of engagement and rules of war in the botched attack, for which its commanders quickly apologized.

But, he said, the report was classified as 'top secret' because of ``the intelligence involved and the targeting involved.''

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Soloflecks

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Wed Mar-10-04 10:38 AM
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1. But it was okay

to release the investigation of the wayward supply convoy attacked in Iraq (Jessica Lynch) while in the early stages of the war. What's the difference as far as risk to intelligence? I'm not buying that excuse.

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DuctapeFatwa

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Wed Mar-10-04 10:45 AM
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2. There is little political risk involved in this. The voting class is more

likely than not to consider the operation a successful implementation of long-term strategy in achieving US pipeline-related objectives in its Afghan territories. Today's child could be tomorrow's impediment to increased revenue for US business interests.

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