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Show World&NAtion Page 16 Wednesday, Sep. 3, 2008 US probe disputes civilian deaths in Afghanistan . KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. investigation released Tuesday disputed a U.N. report that found "credible evidence" that up to 90 civilians died in a raid on a western Afghan village, saying an after-battle assessment found most of the victims were Taliban fighters. The military probe found that up to seven civilians and between 30 and 35 Taliban militants were killed in an operation in Azizabad village in the early morning hours of Aug. 22. The U.N. backed a finding by the Afghan government that all the victims were civilians. The competing claims illustrate the difficulty of determining how many civilians fall victim in a war fought in distant mountains and densely populated villages. U.S. officials say they face significant challenges both in identifying Taliban fighters, who mix easily with the general population, and because of incentives to falsely claim civilian casualties. "The enemy knowingly hides behind women and children, they dress in burqas," Maj. Gen. Jeffery J. Schloesser told The Associated Press on Monday. "The enemy makes it extraordinarily difficult to avoid civilian casualties. We don't even know it (civilian casualties occurred) until the fighting is over." In addition, the U.S. has long said that Taliban militants pressure Afghan villagers to falsely claim civilian casualties, information warfare that does serious damage to the reputations of the U.S., NATO and the Western- backed Afghan government. In Azizabad and other small villages where civilians are reported killed in combat, the Afghan government and international militaries pay about $2,000 for each person killed, giving villagers incentive to file false claims. U.S. officials acknowledge that payments have been made for people who never existed. A senior Afghan official close to the Azizabad case said Tuesday he was sure 90 civilians had not perished in the fighting, but he said the Afghan government had already paid claims to villagers. He spoke on condition he was not identified contradicting the official government report. No conclusive evidence has surfaced in the Azizabad case to confirm the death toll. A N A F G H A N BOY looks at a police vehicle set on fire by protesters during a demonstration against the killing of civilian in an airstrike in Azizabad the village in Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan. AP photo Hundreds protest poverty, homelessness as GOP meet ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - A heavy police presence, with many officers in full riot gear, stood ready Tuesday as some 2,000 people protested poverty and homelessness near the Republican convention arena. A day after nearly 300 people were arrested for scattered acts of violence near the arena, protesters rallied at a park before marching to the Xcel Energy Center about nine blocks away, where they planned to serve Republicans with a "citizens' arrest" for crimes against humanity. Monday's violence unfolded after a largely peaceful anti-war march by some 10,000 people. Afterward, police blamed a splinter group of about 200 for harassing delegates, smashing windows, puncturing car tires, throwing bottles and starting at least one fire. The RNC Welcoming Committee, a selfdescribed anarchist group that has worked for months planning convention disruptions, claimed success in e-mails to its members and media. "The spectacle has been crashed!" read one. The group, which wasn't officially connected to the organizers of either Monday or Tuesday's march, hinted at more trouble. "We are excited about what the next few days may bring now that the illusion of business as usual has been shattered," said Rose DaBarr, a spokeswoman for the group, said at a news conference Tuesday. Tuesdays march was organized by the Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign. Spokeswoman Cheri Honkala said the march would deviate from the permitted path to go by the county jail, where some of those arrested Monday remained. Honkala said marchers wanted the event to be nonviolent. Police said they were ready for problems. "We are anticipating that there may well be less criminal activity because there are less of them out there," St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington said. "But we do not expect there will be no criminal activity." Authorities said 130 of the 286 people arrested Monday faced possible felony charges. At least four journalists were among those arrested: Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and two of her producers. 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