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| US Pilots Punished for Kunduz Airstrike | |
| 2010-01-16 | |
| The link is to a German language article in "Sueddeutsche Zeitung". I haven't found an English language source for this and Google translation doesn't do a good job here. The gist: The two US pilots who conducted the Kunduz airstrike were recalled and reassigned to other posts for disciplinary reasons days after the airstrike, on the orders of Gen McChrystal. The reason given was a violation of the ROE. McChrystal had demanded that Col Klein be recalled, but the German Defense Ministry resisted. Col Klein will not face criminal prosecution in Germany. The governor of Kundus has classified the German mission as "useless". He wants ISAF forces to go on the offensive, to be more aggressive against the Taliban.
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| Posted by:Angineter Shons3798 |