Army accused of covering up almost 150 airstrikes on Taliban by unmanned drones
Army accused of covering up almost 150 airstrikes on Taliban by unmanned drones
By Ian Drury
Last updated at 7:55 PM on 2nd March 2012
Britain was accused tonight of covering up nearly 60 per cent of airstrikes by controversial drones in Afghanistan.
Nearly 150 attacks by RAF unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Taliban fighters are 'secret and unreported', an investigation has found.
The figures were published as the senior UK officer who led Prince Harry in to battle in Helmand said UAV strikes on key insurgent commanders in Afghanistan and Pakistan made peace less likely.
In a scathing assessment of the 11-year conflict Major General Andrew Mackay, who commanded British forces in the warzone in 2007, said the mission in Afghanistan had been a 'series of misadventures and strategic blunders'.
Maj Gen Mackay, 52, who led 52 Brigade when it wrested the key town of Musa Qala from the enemy, said: 'I am perfectly relaxed about killing the Taliban.
FULL STORY: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2109440/Army-accused-coveri...
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