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Oooops! Sorry! My Bad!!! New Zealand Herald, 11.03.2004 KABUL - American forces have been absolved of all blame following an internal investigation into the killing of nine Afghan children in a United States airstrike last December. "The investigating officer said we used appropriate rules of engagement and did follow the law of conflict," the designated US spokesman told a news briefing in Kabul. But he declined to give details of the report, saying the investigation remained "top secret" despite UN calls for it to be made public. "However, we did slightly change our rules of engagement after that investigation," he said. He said the investigation remained classified "because of the intelligence involved and the target involved". He declined to say how the engagement rules had been altered, saying these too were secret.
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