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Default US Air Force probe confirms drone crew error in February attack on Afghans

US Air Force probe confirms drone crew error in February attack on Afghans

09-10-2010 10:59 PM

New York, Sept.11 : An Air Force investigation has found that a predator drone pilot played down two warnings about the presence of children before military commanders ordered a helicopter attack that killed 23 Afghan civilians and injured 12 others traveling down a road near the village of Shahidi Hassas, in Oruzgan Province in February.

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