In the March 4 incident in Nangahar province, an explosives-rigged minivan crashed into a convoy of Marines that U.S. officials said also came under fire from gunmen.
As many as 10 Afghans were killed and 34 wounded as the convoy made an escape. Injured Afghans said the Americans fired on civilian cars and pedestrians as they sped away...
(Lt. Col. Lou) Leto, the spokesman at Special Operations Command Central headquarters, said the Marines, after being ambushed, responded in a way that created "perceptions [that] have really damaged the relationship between the local population and this unit."
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more on Spitting Image A Look at Afghan Civilian Deaths/ US Troops Deleted Images
~Imagine that even after the US military deleted most of the images perceptions were created that damaged the relationship between the locals and this unit. These people don't need photos to get wrong ideas about the US military. They must be primitive.
Posted by Stubbornson at March 26, 2007 05:11 PM