I blogged on this incident a few days ago and I came to the conclusion that the Lt. in question really did the only thing he could do- to safeguard the health of his own troops. BlackFive- has an update on the story with links- it now turns out that the PsyOps actions took place AFTER the bodies had been burned. Jason Coleman has a good post on his blog about this, pointing out the simple fact that the PsyOps people were there to try and goad the Taliban forces out of the village- it's their job. Countercolumn also notes that the actions of the Lt. did NOT contravene the Geneva Convention.
Yet again it's up to the blogs to do the work.
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