When you depend on locals giving you intelligence on where your enemy is, past history shows that too often the military is used for private gain or settle feuds.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
"Intelligence," Too often a way to even scores or kill tribal competitors
![[Afghans gather around the body of a man killed in what the U.S. military called an overnight raid in Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province, 140 km (90 miles) east of the capital Kabul March 19, 2009. Foreign and Afghan troops killed two militants in the raid against al Qaeda bomb-makers, the U.S. military said on Thursday, but angry protesters said the dead were civilians. (REUTERS/Rafiq Shirzad)]](http://www.commondreams.org/files/article_images/afghanistan_raids.jpg "afghanistan_raids.jpg")
Afghans gather around the body of a man killed in what the U.S. military called an overnight raid in Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province, 140 km (90 miles) east of the capital Kabul March 19, 2009. Foreign and Afghan troops killed two militants in the raid against al Qaeda bomb-makers, the U.S. military said on Thursday, but angry protesters said the dead were civilians. (REUTERS/Rafiq Shirzad)
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