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2006-05-27 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred 2006-05-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I'd be cautious interpreting claims by various parties of the number of Taliban (etc.) killed in specific actions; relatively poor fire discipline (often even by American troops) combined with the nature of the enemy to move among civilians means a lot of the people counted as killed Taliban may not be. However, once you involve serious air strikes you probably do kill the number of enemy claimed - not necessarily the same bodies you claim are enemy, but the enemy whose bodies no longer exist (in Afghanistan you can't just count the number of hands or feet and divide by two to get the number of people killed.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2006-05-27 08:20|| 2006-05-27 08:20|| Front Page Top

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