U.S. Marines who shot civilians in Afghanistan violated international law, report says

The first rule of dealing with indigenous personnel is they lie. Even when caught red handed, the will lie to your face about something they know you saw them do.
The second rule is everything is exaggerated. The rule thumb was for every 10-12 people reported by them, there would be maybe 1-3 people. You don't know how many times I had taken reports of mass grave sites, with tens to hundreds of dead, only to find 1-2 dead bodies, one of them said someone had a life threating injury to find a stomach ache, or for that matter someone had a broken bone that turned out to be a bruise.

Eye witness reports from them should take that into account when ever heard. -- Capt__M

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