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Old 6th Dec 2015, 08:23
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It may be splitting hairs but there is a difference between collateral and accidental deaths.

At a policy level the decision to deliver ordnance will result in collateral damage.

At a tactical level true collateral deaths will occur when non-combatants are in close proximity to a legitimate target. Mis-identifying a target as combatant is a tactical error and at the same time political collateral.
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