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  • U.S. military investigates leaked photo (of 190 Taliban militants at funeral/cemetery. MOAB Time!)

    09/13/2006 9:09:10 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 87 replies · 3,860+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/13/06 | Paul Garwood - ap
    KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S. military said Wednesday it is looking into the unauthorized release of a photo purportedly taken by an American drone aircraft showing scores of Taliban militants at a funeral in Afghanistan. NBC-TV claimed that U.S. Army officers wanted to attack the ceremony with missiles carried by the Predator drone, but were prevented under rules of battlefield engagement that bar attacks on cemeteries. Lt. Tamara Lawrence, a spokeswoman with the U.S. military in Kabul, said the photograph was released to the network by someone who did not have the clearance to hand it out. "It is an...