Shocker: al Qaeda kills most civilians

Don’t get me wrong, every accidental death of a civilian is a tragedy, but the Associated Press tells us this morning than al Qaeda has killed more than Americans this year

[T]he share of accidental deaths by coalition and Afghan government forces – which can turn people against the government and foreign troops – is falling, the Afghan rights group said in a report.

It said international forces were responsible for 210 civilian deaths from Jan. 1 to June 30 this year – about 20 percent of the total, down from 26 percent for the same period last year.

You wouldn’t think so reading the media’s reports and listening to Harmid Karzai’s complaints. One must also wonder how accurate that 20 percent number is given the difficulty of determining the combatant status in this war.

Category: Military issues, Terror War