[Trampled by Lambs]

I think they dragged away the bodies and, who knows, maybe even killed a few civilians to make us look bad.

[saquin]

I actually think many, if not most, of the 8 or so civilian deaths were probably caused by the attackers, not us. People talked of one woman whose car was hit by a "grenade". That wasn't us. It was probably an RPG. I don't know why the assumption is made that any civilian deaths must have been caused by our guys. And we didn't start the battle so how about the media putting the blame where it belongs?

[Ron in Acreage]

The civilians were probably shot by "insurgents" (terrorists). Do balistic tests.

[templar]

I think they dragged away the bodies ...

Assuming the number of dead is correct, and the dead civilians are actually civilians, it would require at least one man to carry away each body, which would make a minimum of 108 attackers. More'n likely, if there were that many dead, there whould be a large number of wounded as well, making the total number of attackers even greater (and some of the wounded should have been severely wounded enough to require being carried away). And 54 men carrying 54 bodies away should have been rather noticeable from both the ground and the helicopters. Unless 100% of the civilians in the area were sympathizers, I would think a few of them would have noticed the body evacuation and informed us of it and where they were taken. And if the civilians in the area are 100% sympathetic to the fighters (or more afraid of them than us), we got big troubles ahead.