Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 13:23:53 -0500 (EST)
From: ivan@sccs.swarthmore.edu (Ivan Boothe)
Subject: [azpeace] 'Flaws in US Air War Left Hundreds of Civilians Dead' --NY Times
To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com, studentsnowar@yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: azpeace@yahoogroups.com


This is *huge*.  I'm assuming it will be the front page of The New York
Times tomorrow (Sunday).

Flaws in U.S. Air War Left Hundreds of Civilians Dead
By DEXTER FILKINS

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The American air campaign in Afghanistan, based on a
high-tech, out-of-harm's-way strategy, has produced a pattern of mistakes
that have killed hundreds of Afghan civilians.

On-site reviews of 11 locations where airstrikes killed as many as 400
civilians suggest that American commanders have sometimes relied on
mistaken information from local Afghans. Also, the Americans' preference
for airstrikes instead of riskier ground operations has cut off a way of
checking the accuracy of the intelligence.

http://nytimes.com/2002/07/21/international/asia/21CIVI.html

Slide Show:
http://nytimes.com/slideshow/2002/07/20/international/21VICT.slideshow.ready_index.html

Graphic:
http://nytimes.com/imagepages/2002/07/21/science/21VICTIM_graphic.html

Apologies to those of you who get this from multiple lists.


 Ivan Boothe, iboothe1@swarthmore.edu
     Why War?  http://why-war.com












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