TY - BOOK AU - LITYNSKI Ernest TI - Consequence management during counterinsurgency operations PY - 2008/// KW - COLLATERAL DAMAGE N2 - Counterinsurgency operations can have the unintended consequence of injuring or killing innocent bystanders. These events can be exploited by insurgents to negatively influence public perceptions of COIN operations and the forces implementing them. This article discusses such events in Afghanistan and how U.S. forces developed and implemented "consequence management" battle drills, tactics, techniques and procedures to neutralise such events ER -