A letter to the BBC

I was listening to your interview on Sunday the 11th with the US military spokesman in Afghanistan about why the US forced AP to erase the footage of the suicide attack on them by the Taliban. The Americans claimed that it was done in order not to compromise their investigation into the incident. What baffled me was that neither you nor your correspondent in Afghanistan put the following question to the Americans: "If you were going to investigate the incident then surely the footage would have been of great help in getting to the truth."

Despite your clumsiness the interview left no doubt that the Americans fired on innocent civilian bystanders. They have done that many times before and they are getting away with it because journalists like you don't do their jobs properly.

Have a good day.