We have fired Hellfire missiles at guys before "on a hunch" and were wrong

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http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/central/02/10/ret.afghanistan.search/

U.S. tries to identify target of airstrike

February 10, 2002 Posted: 6:51 PM EST (2351 GMT)


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A military investigative team has found "forensic evidence" that could determine whether a recent U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan killed top al Qaeda officials, the U.S. Central Command said Sunday.

About 50 U.S. soldiers and forensics experts have been searching the scene in Zawar Kili, situated in a remote part of southeastern Afghanistan, where an armed CIA drone scored a direct hit Monday on a group suspected to be top al Qaeda officials.

The Monday attack has drawn widespread speculation that bin Laden might have been among those in the group, since the men on the ground were described as wearing white robes and one of them was tall, as is bin Laden.

Asked at a briefing last week whether evidence suggested the man suspected of orchestrating the September 11 attacks was among those killed, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, "We just simply have no idea" -- but he would not rule out the possibility.

I believe the later reports were that this was some Afghans out scavenging metal.

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1. The Israelis perfected this.

They even used a hellfire on an old crippled muslim cleric in a wheelchair. Theirs is the game we're emulating now. Kill all muslims remotely is the name of the game. The fact that we're using drones makes it all that much more gamelike and terror inducing. No guilt associated with that cause it ain't real.

Gyre

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2. They just blew up the Afghan Olympic Stilts Team

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