Iraq: US Sunni allies protest killings
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer
16 Feb 2008
BAGHDAD - An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest of an airstrike that it said killed three of its members.
As I've written before, air-power is a very blunt instrument. It is very effective at blowing stuff up. If this is what is required, great. It seems we are relying too much on this blunt instrument in an urban guerilla battlefield - we frequently blow up "friendlies", sowing the seeds of rancor among our notional allies.
Controlling the population is critical to our political success. How does air power achieve this?
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