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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Thu Mar 6, 2014, 07:37 AM Mar 2014

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/afghan-drone-strike.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers
By ROD NORDLAND
MARCH 6, 2014

KABUL, Afghanistan — An American drone strike killed five Afghan National Army soldiers and wounded eight more Thursday morning, according to Afghan officials.

The attack took place at 3:20 a.m. in the Charkh district of Logar Province, an area of intense insurgent activity.

“We believe the strike was the result of poor coordination between the people on the ground and the operators of the drone,” said Din Mohammad Darwish, a spokesman for the governor of Logar Province, which is in eastern Afghanistan, neighboring Kabul Province.

“The area is frequented by insurgents both foreign and local, and drone strikes are carried out quite often in that part of Charkh,” Mr. Darwish said. “The A.N.A. outpost was part of the security belt in the province.”

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U.S. Drone Strike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers (Original Post) unhappycamper Mar 2014 OP

I guess we've given up on that "precision bombing" stuff, too tricky with drones poor vision. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #1

This is not good. There's a new report about our drone killings.. KoKo Mar 2014 #2

bemildred

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1. I guess we've given up on that "precision bombing" stuff, too tricky with drones poor vision. nt

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 09:05 AM

Mar 2014

KoKo

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2. This is not good. There's a new report about our drone killings..

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Thu Mar 6, 2014, 03:05 PM

Mar 2014

I guess we add these five to the list of "mistaken hits."

I thought we had reduced our "Kill List" but, maybe they just don't report them anymore unless they kill a mistake ...."quite often in that part of Charkh" it says:

“The area is frequented by insurgents both foreign and local, and drone strikes are carried out quite often in that part of Charkh,

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