The UAV—known as a Shadow—had spotted children going in and out of the building. "We knew the bad guys were there," Williams said. "We saw them walk in and out, we saw them place the [missiles] … We could have serviced that building and we probably could have killed four or five of the guys that were involved in it.
But the decision was made at the command level—because of the women and children who were potentially in that building—not to service the target."
..In the tribal areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan, village mothers have been known to use the threat of a Predator attack to get their children to behave: "Obey or the 'buzz' will come after you."
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