30 Civilians Died in Afghan Raid, U.S. Inquiry Finds

[mlevans]

WASHINGTON — An investigation by the military has concluded that American airstrikes on Aug. 22 in a village in western Afghanistan killed far more civilians than American commanders there have acknowledged, according to two American military officials.

The military investigator’s report found that more than 30 civilians — not 5 to 7 as the military has long insisted — died in the airstrikes against a suspected Taliban compound in Azizabad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/washington/08inquiry.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin">Read the rest of the article at New York Times site.

Perhaps somebody ought to inform Gov. Palin, who among other nonsense has been claiming Obama is "unpatriotic" for suggesting precisely what this military investigation indicates: that more civilians were being killed than reported. Not that I expect it would stop her; she seems to enjoy spreading virulence and deception.