Condolence Payments To Afghans Total Millions -- Army TimesOne week after 15 civilians were killed during a U.S. night operation at an Afghan village in 2009, U.S. commanders went to the village and passed out $40,000 in cash “condolence” payments.
Victims’ relatives in the village were paid $2,500 for each death, $500 for two wounded men and $1,500 for village repairs.
U.S officials distributed $688,000 in condolence and $6.8 million in battle repair funds in Afghanistan in the first half of fiscal 2011, according to the Pentagon. Since 2005, U.S. forces have paid civilians millions of dollars in payments for collateral damage caused by — or blamed on — American forces in Afghanistan.
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My Comment: Paying out millions in condolence payments to buy "peace of mind" .... good luck.
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