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McChrystal takes control of special ops According to The New York Times, after a series of civilian casualties involving U.S. Special Forces, NATO's top commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal is reining in Special Ops troops due to concerns about repeats of incidents such as the attack on a civilian convoy on Feb. 21 in Oruzgan province which killed 27 civilians. Reducing civilian casualties is a key part of McChrystal's counterinsurgency strategy, which aims to improve Afghans' perceptions of the U.S. Last year, the U.S. military cut civilian deaths by 28 percent. However, a small group of Special Forces remain exempt from the regulations, including the Army's Delta Force and the Navy's Seals.
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