Oops

From a statement issued by coalition forces in Afghanistan:

"Coalition Forces offer condolences following non-combatant deaths in Khost

KABUL, Afghanistan - Further inquiries into the Coalition and ANSF operation in Khost earlier today suggest that the people killed and wounded were not enemy combatants as previously reported.

Coalition and Afghan forces do not believe that this family was involved with militant activities and that they were defending their home against an unknown threat."

What makes this news? When are the people that we attack over there ever "militants?" Every time we hear that a nest of terrorists has been eliminated, we hear, days or weeks later, that at least three quarters of the dead are toally innocent.

A great way to win hearts and minds.