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. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The article on the inside pages tells that a more thorough investigation shows the death count was much larger than the original minimalized count of civilian dead. The pressure by the Afghani government seems to have brought the US armed forces around a bit. The author dutifully reports the excuse for the cursory earlier report, but does not explain why that disclaimer was not attached to the original report.
In this article, the New York Times has returned to its former stance as a politically unbiased media source dedicated to reporting actual facts, particularly the fact that after-attack assessments in Afghanistan were hampered by troops being forced to leave the village in question before they could obtain an accurate count of the dead and injured.
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