Over and over and over. Hard to claim either the US or NATO has any concern for civilians.

"Faced with criticism over rampant corruption, insecurity, booming drugs cultivation and perceived lack of development, Karzai has warned that civilian deaths would be risky for his government and the presence of foreign troops in the country."

Now this is classic.

“All total, coalition forces estimate that 49 criminals were killed in three separate engagements during this operation. Ground forces reported they were unaware of any innocent civilians being killed as a result of this operation,” the military said in the updated statement.

Note the "estimate". They sure as hell aren't going back in to check. They're lighting up anything they see, and a lot they don't. And of course they aren't aware of any innocent civilians. Those don't exist in a firefight to them.

"Iraqi police and hospital officials put the death toll at at least 13 and said a woman and three children were among the dead from the pre-dawn raid in the sprawling district. They said 52 people were injured."

"49 militants killed in Sadr City raid"

"Associated Press photos showed the bodies of two toddlers, one with a gouged face, swaddled in blankets on the floor of the morgue. Relatives said they were killed when helicopter gunfire hit their house as they slept."

Hearts and minds are lost forever when this stuff happens.

Arf