The Army's take on it at the beginning of July.
Contains a few interesting points that you don't hear much about, such as this: "There were three other incidents in the past month, this being the fourth, where persons unknown fired directly at coalition forces, claiming it was celebratory fire," King said. "In one incident, special forces were chased for five hours."
The stupidity of "celebratory fire" in an area filled with skittish attack aircraft deserves a little notice too. It's not like C-130s are hard to see and hear overhead. Bringing cherry bombs into a U.S. airport terminal on the Fourth of July might rank up there.
I too would like to see the U.S. military's final report on this. Seven weeks is not an overly long time for such things, so assuming it's being swept under the rug might be premature.
The press has been all over this like a cheap suit, with much made of "removing debris" and such from the site. A reasonable person, or one with a working brain at all (not a description of most of the press) might conclude that large-scale debris collection and analysis might be a normal part of a detailed investigation, not just a "cover up," but that doesn't make nearly as good a headline.
The U.N. was supposed to have investigated this, but they so far refuse to release a report to the public. I would really like to see this report as well, if only to balance the other views.
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Still early
