Apparently they were civilians after all.
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012060...55E01.html
I recall reading in one of Tom Clancy's books about the concept of a "surgical strike." The reply was " you don't do surgery with a bomb."
http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012060...55E01.html
Quote:PATROL BASE PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan (AP) - The top commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan offered a somber apology on Friday in an eastern province where officials say 18 civilians - half of them children - were killed in a coalition airstrike this week.
I recall reading in one of Tom Clancy's books about the concept of a "surgical strike." The reply was " you don't do surgery with a bomb."
