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There is a difference between older guerilla wars and this, though. There's countless news media reporting on each and every act of the US troops. This includes some rather one-sided and biased reports aimed at Muslims worldwide.
These same Muslims won't hear about the fact that only a wall was damaged, they'll just hear that the infidels attacked a mosque, where brave resistance fighters were doing their best to protect their country, themselves (and Islam). During the attack by US airplanes, over 40 (no, wait, make that 100!) innocent Muslims were killed, with the US troopers laughing and mocking them. To top it off, the infidels pissed on the smoking corpses, and then forced everyone there to convert to Christianity.
Okay, it's a bit over the top, but that's the basic story extremists tell everyone and their dog. And it's the story that will not be ruined by such things like "facts" or "reality". It will fuel the hatred worldwide, warranted or not.
Note that I'm not saying this airstrike shouldn't have happened - I assume the soldiers on the ground can be trusted to do the right thing. And no, I'm not saying that every Muslim is an extremist, nor that every Muslim reporter is biased, or whatever. Just sayin'.
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