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Night raids violate Afghans' deepest moral code - Times Online - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 25 Feb 10 - Cached
  • One US military spokesman said after last year’s Care incident: “We have done more than any other force in the history of warfare to try to prevent civilian casualties.” He is right. UN figures show that civilian deaths caused by Western forces dropped by 40 per cent last year. Seventy per cent of the 2,412 civilians to die last year did so at the hands of the Taleban.
  • liveinfreedom . on 25 Feb 10
     
    "One US military spokesman said after last year's Care incident: "We have done more than any other force in the history of warfare to try to prevent civilian casualties." He is right. UN figures show that civilian deaths caused by Western forces dropped by 40 per cent last year. Seventy per cent of the 2,412 civilians to die last year did so at the hands of the Taleban."
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US sending more air power to Afghanistan | The News is NowPublic.com - 0 views

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shared by liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08 - Cached
  • The United States is sending more air power to Afghanistan amid reports that American commandos are poised to stage hot pursuit raids into Fata.
  • the plans for stepped-up US military operations were in response to Pakistan’s failure to disrupt terrorist training camps and cross-border attacks from Fata.
  • On Tuesday, US military officials told reporters in Washington that the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and its escort vessels were moved out of the Gulf to the Arabian sea,
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  • The officials said that since violence is down dramatically in Iraq, US military planners believe it was possible to focus some air capabilities away from Iraq and more on Afghanistan
  • The United States has about 34,000 troops in Afghanistan, a number expected to rise to nearly 40,000 with reinforcements next year.
  • Congressman Cuellar said that “either Pakistan does more or we will be taking things into our own hands,” adding: “If our troops are fired on, there will be hot pursuit into that territory.”
  • liveinfreedom . on 10 Jul 08
     
    After failure from Pakistani forces to contain Taliban in the border areas and disrupt terrorist training camps, American government is reinforcing more air power to Afghanistan. They have moved US Air carrier from gulf to closer to Afghanistan border in Arabian sea.
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