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Our operational authorities in rules of engagement. >> reporter: that order and acknowledgement that something went wrong. and the secretary of defense minced no words saying in a statement, when we make mistakes, we own up to them. that's exactly what we are doing now rules of engagement spell out when and how the u.s. military can conduct air strikes like the ac-130 gun ship that hit the hospital. doctors without borders says the u.s. knew it was a hospital. they were under attack for 30 minutes. he could not have been a mistake. >> until we are told otherwise and see an independent investig...

Initial statement. the bottom line is they say the afghan forces called in, said they were under fire from the taliban and the u.s. made the decision to go ahead and send in an ac-130 gun ship to attack this area, that it was a u.s. decision. but, and i think this is a huge but, one of the most interesting things general campbell said this morning is he has now order retraining for u.s. forces on the rules of engagement, when they can go in, what the rules are that allow them to engage in deadly force. this may be a big hint of where this is headed. if general campbell feels he needs to retrai...

Questions than are answered. if the taliban asked the u.s. to conduct the air strikes, did the u.s. go through a serious thorough examination of the claims by the taliban correspondents that they checked this out? there was an ac-130, that's an air force gunship that is brisling with heavy weapons and an artillery piece circling the area for sometime according to witnesses on the ground. they should have been able to see and discern whether, in fact, there was fire coming from that medical facility at the taliban forces and that's going to be part of the investigation, obviously. but this is c...

Strikes. but clearly, this is a humanitarian and public relations disaster for the u.s. military, because the question is even if the afghans called it in, did they give the correct coordinates, did the u.s. check those coordinates, was there a double-check and did the ac-130 that launched the attacks observe the situation long enough to determine if in fact there was fire coming from that hospital. questions that remain to be answered and general campbell is going to get a thorough grilling on this tomorrow before the senate armed services committee on capitol hill. >> even warranting strong ...

Zones. they call the attack a war crime. >> well, again, i wouldn't use the label like that because this is something that continues to be under investigation. >> survivors described the horror. >> translator: there were flames all around me. i saw patients and doctors burn to death. >> translator: there was no place to hide. >> the damage massive and ac-130 gun ship like this struck the hospital with the on board guns. >> afghan forces advised they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from u.s. forces. an air strike was called to eliminate the taliban threat and sev...