Hit and miss with Afghan air strikes
Asia Times
by Gareth Porter
10/21/08
Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed the following year, growing steadily to levels of thousands of raids a year. Yet they still have not proved effective against the Taliban, while non-combatants are being killed in record numbers, in part due to poor intelligence...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ22Df01.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
by Gareth Porter
10/21/08
Air strikes against suspected Taliban leaders in Afghanistan were halted in 2004, in the belief they were ineffectual and caused too many civilian deaths. They resumed the following year, growing steadily to levels of thousands of raids a year. Yet they still have not proved effective against the Taliban, while non-combatants are being killed in record numbers, in part due to poor intelligence...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ22Df01.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=airstrike
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+deaths
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Gareth+Porter
rudkla - 22. Oct, 10:57
