Nato plans smaller bombs for Afghanistan

[Eugene]

Source: Financial Times

Nato plans smaller bombs for Afghanistan

By Daniel Dombey in Washington

Published: July 29 2007 22:02 | Last updated: July 29 2007 22:02

Nato plans to use smaller bombs in Afghanistan as part of a change
in tactics aimed at stemming a rise in civilian casualties that
threatens to undermine support in the fight against the Taliban.

The head of the alliance, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, acknowledged in an
interview with the Financial Times that mounting civilian casualties
had hurt Nato and alliance commanders had recently instructed troops
to hold off attacking the Taliban in some situations where civilians
were at risk.

“We realise that, if we cannot neutralise our enemy today without
harming civilians, our enemy will give us the opportunity tomorrow,”
he said, adding that Gen Dan McNeill, the commander of Nato’s 35,000
troops in Afghanistan, had given the new instructions to his troops.
“If that means going after a Taliban not on Wednesday but on Thursday,
we will get him then.”

Mr de Hoop Scheffer indicated that the alliance was also planning to
use smaller bombs in certain instances. He said Nato was “working with
weapons load on aircraft to reduce collateral damage” although it was
impossible to avoid civilian casualties entirely.

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Read more: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/44aaa8be-3e01-11dc-8f6a-0000779fd2ac.html

[Chulanowa]

1. With cute little fucking bunny ears for the kids?

All that "smaller bombs" mean to these fucks is that you can pack more on a plane.

[bemildred]

3. Mabe they could play "It's a small, small World" on the way down.

Bombs are terror weapons.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Also means

they kill one and half children instead of three.

[bemildred]

4. NATO == North Atlantic Terror Organization. nt

[youngdem]

5. The foot note just says "Just more of them"

[Man_in_the_Moon]

6. GBU-39 - SDB

Small Diameter Bomb

Been in development for years now.