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	Name:	lotowner -
	Subject:	Tying Our Troops Hands
	Date:	1/21/2010 5:24:14 PM

We initially limited air strikes in Afghanistan to reduce civilian casualties. Now, we're changing the rules on entering homes housing suspected terrorist. We don't want to "upset" the females in the houses. I wonder - Does this strategy relate to the higher casualty rates and the upsurge of the Taliban?

Aren't we glad that the bombing of Dresden was not done under today's rules of war. The Generals would have been court martial ed and probably given long prison sentences.

AP Exclusive: US to tighten rules on Afghan raids

By KIM GAMEL

KABUL (AP) - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan plans to tighten the rules on night raids on private homes, even if it means losing some tactical advantage, to curb rising public anger.

NATO spokesman Rear Adm. Gregory Smith told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that a directive would be issued soon to set down the new rules.

Nighttime raids on private homes have emerged as the Afghans' No. 1 complaint after Gen. Stanley McChrystal limited the use of airstrikes and other weaponry last year. The U.S. and allied nations have made protecting the population a priority over the use of massive firepower as they seek to undermine support for the Taliban.

"It addresses the issue that's probably the most socially irritating thing that we do - and that is entering people's homes at night," Smith said Wednesday at his office in Kabul. He would not elaborate pending a formal announcement.

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Tying Our Troops Hands - lotowner - 1/21/2010 5:24:14 PM

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