"Afghans targeted in US raids have complained for years of being pursued based solely on information given by other Afghans who sometimes are business rivals, neighbors with a vendetta, or simply interested in generic reward money for anti-government militants."
Also see: The Lying Denials of AmeriKa in Afghanistan
"Afghan officials say US-led raid based on faulty tip" by Fisnik Abrashi and Jason Straziuso, Associated Press | August 29, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghans targeted in US raids have complained for years of being pursued based solely on information given by other Afghans who sometimes are business rivals, neighbors with a vendetta, or simply interested in generic reward money for anti-government militants.
In a report after the raid, Oliver North, a Fox News reporter who accompanied the US special forces unit during the firefight, interviewed an unidentified American major on camera who said credible information had come from a council of local tribal elders indicating a Taliban meeting would be held in the village.
Yeah, and because Fox and Ollie North reported on some anonymous major, it's God's own gospel.
A top NATO official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the results of the US investigation have not been released, said the US and Afghan troops were fired on first when they moved into the village before dawn.
He said combat spanned several hours, during which troops called in airstrikes from
