Expect Taliban Propaganda in a Few Days

After operations in Helmand province, ISAF received a tip claiming the taliban are preparing to claim that 70 civilians were killed by NATO forces. One of the oldest propaganda tricks in the bag, and the favourite of terrorists worldwide from Bosnia to the Philippines. ISAF

ISAF can confirm that following an earlier report of its forces having given medical assistance to injured civilians in the Sangin district of Helmand province yesterday it has received information, from a reliable source, that insurgents are planning to make a propaganda claim that international military forces have killed up to 70 civilians in the same area. ISAF has had no reports that would substantiate a claim such as this. There have been no reports other than of those injured, the cause of which remains unknown at this time.