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But most telling is the political and military calculation that underlies the Afghan civilian bloodletting. "Close air support" bomb attacks called in
by noselasd 11y ago
But most telling is the political and military calculation that
underlies the Afghan civilian bloodletting.
"Close air support" bomb attacks called in by ground forces -
which rose from 176 in 2005 to 2,926 in 2007 and are now the
US tactic of choice - are between four and 10 times as deadly
for Afghan civilians as ground attacks, the figures show, and
air strikes now account for 80% of those killed by the
occupation forces.
From http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/afghanistan-nato http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/oct/16/afghani...