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From another comment chain (credit to @belter), this seems like the original source: https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-america-failed-afghan-dro

From another comment chain (credit to @belter), this seems like the original source: https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-america-failed-afghan-drone-campaign-against-taliban https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-america-fa... Comment chain (along with archive link for EU access): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28299929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28299929

Y-bar 5y ago
> This site isn't currently available in the EU Do you happen to know another source or archived version? Edit: thanks for the updated links!
- adjkant 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28300227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28300227 Added that to the top level as well
- squarefoot 5y ago
  Archived here. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825045512/https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-america-failed-afghan-drone-campaign-against-taliban https://web.archive.org/web/20210825045512/https://www.audac...
- oauea 5y ago
  I always think it's interesting when Americans try to hide their news from foreigners. So much for being proud of your country, I guess?
  - eloff 5y ago
    Probably just has to do with not being worth the hassle to comply with European regulations. If you only have a little European traffic, it's easier/cheaper just to block the EU.
  - adjkant 5y ago
    This is almost 100% GDPR and laziness around their legal liability. You can find this issue of not being available in the EU for many sites entirely, regardless of if the news is about the US or not.
  - robertlagrant 5y ago
    Don't be silly; this is not anyone hiding anything. If a website survives based on advertising and needs to now pay a service to keep them up to date with the latest EU regs, then they may just switch on GeoIP filtering and be done with it.
    - oauea 5y ago
      And I'm sure it's just a happy coincidence that news about US military murdering civilians cant be accessed outside of the US :)
      - jazzyjackson 5y ago
        If its of any import, european outlets are welcome to write their own reports.
      - robertlagrant 5y ago
        "In the EU" and "outside the US" are not synonyms.
perihelions 5y ago
I've edited my comment above to clarify an ambiguity. The Daily Mail article isn't the original source of the news story, but it's the textual source that the submitted URL is plagiarizing off of.
earnubs 5y ago
> This site isn't currently available in the EU but i'm in the UK!!1ones
- uCantCauseUCant 5y ago
  No, you are not. You are in Great Britain, the greatest empire that ever was, lately a little run down maybe, hit by hard times, but still full of potential, just you all wait, when the times come around and im young and in shape again, just you wait youngsters, this hood, this ball of dirt will be ours again. Rule Britannia, britannia drool the waves..
neom 5y ago
Given the video in the link that you sent - I wouldn't say that it's "accidental" - they said they killed anyone who met the "criteria" and the "criteria" was anyone who touched a walki talki because the Talian has taken the phones offline and they suspected ISIS was communicating via walki talki. This was described as basically killing for the sake of killing (agree) - but accidental makes it sound a lot less sinister.
- vilhelm_s 5y ago
  They are describing a particular incident when they were aiming at a man carrying a walky-talky, but the missile instead struck a different motorcycle with two adults and toddler. So killing those three people were accidental.

Y-bar 5y ago

> This site isn't currently available in the EU Do you happen to know another source or archived version? Edit: thanks for the updated links!

adjkant 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28300227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28300227 Added that to the top level as well
squarefoot 5y ago
Archived here. https://web.archive.org/web/20210825045512/https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-america-failed-afghan-drone-campaign-against-taliban https://web.archive.org/web/20210825045512/https://www.audac...
oauea 5y ago
I always think it's interesting when Americans try to hide their news from foreigners. So much for being proud of your country, I guess?
- eloff 5y ago
  Probably just has to do with not being worth the hassle to comply with European regulations. If you only have a little European traffic, it's easier/cheaper just to block the EU.
- adjkant 5y ago
  This is almost 100% GDPR and laziness around their legal liability. You can find this issue of not being available in the EU for many sites entirely, regardless of if the news is about the US or not.
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  Don't be silly; this is not anyone hiding anything. If a website survives based on advertising and needs to now pay a service to keep them up to date with the latest EU regs, then they may just switch on GeoIP filtering and be done with it.
  - oauea 5y ago
    And I'm sure it's just a happy coincidence that news about US military murdering civilians cant be accessed outside of the US :)
    - jazzyjackson 5y ago
      If its of any import, european outlets are welcome to write their own reports.
    - robertlagrant 5y ago
      "In the EU" and "outside the US" are not synonyms.

perihelions 5y ago

I've edited my comment above to clarify an ambiguity. The Daily Mail article isn't the original source of the news story, but it's the textual source that the submitted URL is plagiarizing off of.

earnubs 5y ago

> This site isn't currently available in the EU but i'm in the UK!!1ones

uCantCauseUCant 5y ago
No, you are not. You are in Great Britain, the greatest empire that ever was, lately a little run down maybe, hit by hard times, but still full of potential, just you all wait, when the times come around and im young and in shape again, just you wait youngsters, this hood, this ball of dirt will be ours again. Rule Britannia, britannia drool the waves..

neom 5y ago

Given the video in the link that you sent - I wouldn't say that it's "accidental" - they said they killed anyone who met the "criteria" and the "criteria" was anyone who touched a walki talki because the Talian has taken the phones offline and they suspected ISIS was communicating via walki talki. This was described as basically killing for the sake of killing (agree) - but accidental makes it sound a lot less sinister.

vilhelm_s 5y ago
They are describing a particular incident when they were aiming at a man carrying a walky-talky, but the missile instead struck a different motorcycle with two adults and toddler. So killing those three people were accidental.