Force in Afghan strike was appropriate: U.S. general:

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Source: Reuters

Force in Afghan strike was appropriate: U.S. general:

By Kristin Roberts
2 hours, 16 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. commander who led a strike against the
Taliban in the Afghan town of Shindand last month acted appropriately, the
military has concluded after an investigation into an incident that Afghan
officials say killed dozens of civilians.

Brig. Gen. Perry Wiggins, deputy director for regional operations in the
Pentagon's Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday said the probe determined
the commander, who has not been identified, applied the correct level of
force in response to enemy fire.

Afghan officials say more than 50 civilians were killed and hundreds made
homeless in U.S.-led raids in the western town of Shindand at the end of
April. But U.S. officials have said all of the more than 130 killed were Taliban
insurgents.

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Wiggins said he did not know what the investigation concluded about
civilian casualties.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070516/ts_nm/usa_afghanistan_civilians_dc

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1. That's pretty much...

...the same thing that the Waffen SS said after Lidice, the only difference is that the US left witnesses. But, with the direction that the military seems to be taking, there's no telling what the outcome will be the next time something like this happens.

After all, these reports are so much easier to deal with when there's only one side to the story!!!