Claim: Obama did say that troops in Afghanistan were killing civilians, a claim that Palin calls "untrue." Here's the whole quote, from a campaign stop in New Hampshire: Obama, August 2007: We've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there. The Associated Press fact-checked this one, and found that in fact U.S troops were killing more civilians at the time than insurgents: "As of Aug.
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Verdict: obama did say that troops in afghanistan were killing civilians, a claim that palin calls "untrue." here's the whole quote, from a campaign stop in new hampshire: obama, august 2007: we've got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there. the associated press fact-checked this one, and found that in fact u.s troops were killing more civilians at the time than insurgents: "as of aug.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Jess Henig
Date published: 2008-10-02T16:33:48