Six field hospitals had been set up in case of casualties during the tournament, and the police used dogs to check for explosives.
The movie scenes seem even more overwrought in this format (no mean feat in the case of "Casualties of War"), while the stumbling, often disjointed testimonials can try the patience by comparison.
A section in the recently vetoed tax-cut bill would have allowed the IRS to waive the 60-day requirement for reasons of "equity or good conscience," for example, in cases of "casualty, disaster, or other events beyond the reasonable control' of the taxpayer.
A case study of casualty prediction in a building during an earthquake is provided to demonstrate the effect of occupant movements on casualty prediction.
In case of mass casualty incidents, all unaffected, available hands are expected to attend in controlling the situation.
If the assertion proves to be correct, this would almost certainly be the deadliest case of civilian casualties caused by any United States military operation in Afghanistan since 2001.
The divergent accounts leave open the question of whether this was a case of civilian casualties, but make clear that teenagers died.
If confirmed, the bombardment would be the largest case of civilian casualties since an attack on the village of Azizabad in western Afghanistan last year, in which United Nations officials said there was convincing evidence that 90 civilians were killed.
If the higher death tolls prove to be correct, however, this would almost certainly be a severe embarrassment to the military, and the deadliest case of civilian casualties caused by any United States military operation in Afghanistan since 2001.
With every case of civilian casualties or mistaken killings, the anger that Afghans feel toward the government and foreign forces deepens and makes residents less likely to help American forces, Afghan officials warn.
"This was the result of an irresponsible night raid, and like any other case of civilian casualties, the president was very sorry to hear about it," Mr. Omar said.
