The BBC reports on another tragic blunder by US forces on June 22: "The US military announced that its attack helicopters, armed with missiles, engaged and killed 17 al-Qaeda gunmen. But villagers say that those who died had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. They say they were local village guards trying to protect the township from exactly the kind of attack by insurgents the US military says it foiled."

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The BBC reports on another tragic blunder by US forces on June 22: "The US military announced that its attack helicopters, armed with missiles, engaged and killed 17 al-Qaeda gunmen. But villagers say that those who died had nothing to do with al-Qaeda. They say they were local village guards trying to protect the township from exactly the kind of attack by insurgents the US military says it foiled."

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Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.

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