Thorp said coalition forces are continuing to identify and target the Iraqi leadership, regime meetings and command and control facilities.
The compound, located in the Taliban's "spiritual" capital of Kandahar, housed command and control facilities and was a legitimate military target, a Pentagon official told CNN.
If associating civilians with military targets be they command and control facilities, bridges, strategically significant factories prevents such assets from being attacked, they will remain available for the war effort.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Don��t Let Saddam Get Away With Murder
If associating civilians with military targets -- be they command and control facilities, bridges, strategically significant factories -- prevents such assets from being attacked, they will remain available for the war effort.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Don't Let Saddam Get Away With Murder
Targets selected by the United States since the air operation began Sunday have included air defense facilities, ground-to-air missile sites, and command and control facilities of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and the al Qaeda terror network.
The strategy calls for the use of sea-launched cruise missiles and more precisely targeted ground attacks and bombing strikes, including plans to destroy the most important Revolutionary Guard training camps, supply depots, and command and control facilities.
The President thinks we need to design a Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator capable of holding at risk the growing number of deeply buried sites used by North Korea, Iran and the like to conceal weapons of mass destruction and command-and-control facilities.
They were also known for having excellent command and control, and communication facilities, making them ideal flagships on deployments, with a complement of about 280 crew.
Such a capability would allow us to hold at risk some of the 10, 000 concealed and hardened command-and-control bunkers, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) production and storage facilities and other buried high-value targets that have been built by potential adversaries.
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