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In reply to the discussion: U.S. drone strike in Kabul mistakenly killed civilians, not terrorists, Pentagon says [View all]John1956PA
(4,970 posts)34. Reminiscent of the 2007 Badhdag attack on a film crew and ournalists.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airstrike
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The July 12, 2007, Baghdad airstrike was a series of air-to-ground attacks conducted by a team of two U.S. AH-64 Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah, New Baghdad during the Iraqi insurgency which followed the Iraq War. On April 5, 2010, the attacks received worldwide coverage and controversy following the release of 39 minutes of gunsight footage by the Internet whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The footage was portrayed as classified,[7] but the individual who leaked it, U.S. Army soldier Chelsea Manning, testified in 2013 that the video was not classified.[8] The video, which WikiLeaks titled Collateral Murder, showed the crew firing on a group of men and killing several of them, then laughing at some of the casualties, all of whom were civilians, including two Reuters journalists.[15] An anonymous U.S. military official confirmed the authenticity of the footage,[16] which provoked global discussion on the legality and morality of the attacks.
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U.S. drone strike in Kabul mistakenly killed civilians, not terrorists, Pentagon says [View all]
El Supremo
Sep 2021
OP
"We apologize, and we will endeavor to learn from this horrible mistake," he said.
left-of-center2012
Sep 2021
#4
Not the least of which is that same mentality drifting into the civilian world.
LT Barclay
Sep 2021
#33
So if a manned bomber released a guided bomb to hit the car that would somehow be better
EX500rider
Sep 2021
#38
So when terrorists bomb civilians and US troops waiting to leave at a airport and kill over 90..
EX500rider
Sep 2021
#41
No meddling, no mic, no nation building, no profiteering, no occupations, NO FUCKING BOMBS.
Magoo48
Sep 2021
#44
Apologies for believing the initial report it was ISIS-K terrorists about to blow themselves.
Justice matters.
Sep 2021
#8
The tall Arab metal recycler was killed by a drone in February 2002 for the crime . . .
Journeyman
Sep 2021
#30