From: Scribe1865-AT-aol.com Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 21:46:45 EDT Subject: Re: more on cluster bombs --part1_70.1f470071.2a5a4905_boundary Content-Language: en >From the Statistical Services website: " . . . no doubt that the Taliban, conscious of the Western desire to minimize innocent casualties, deliberately exaggerated the number of civilian dead in its propaganda. This has now been confirmed beyond contest by the Afghan journalists themselves. They told the Associated Press on Feb. 11 that =E2=80=9CTaliban=20officials systematically doctored reports of civilian deaths =E2=80=A6 in an attempt to galvanize opposition to the bombing=E2=80=9D (=E2=80=9CAP review of Afghan civilian casualties suggests toll in hundreds; Taliban inflated count=E2=80=9D). Any estimate that relies on stories that gave credence to news releases from the Taliban=E2=80=99s mouthpiece, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP), is tainted with this propaganda. --part1_70.1f470071.2a5a4905_boundary
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