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A Fast For Human Rights In Gaza

David A. Love | Posted 10.07.2009 | Impact

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gaza Blockade, West Bank, World, Richard Goldstone, United Nations, Palestinians, Civilian Casualties, Hamas, Israel Blockade, Civil Rights, Humanitarian Aid, World News, Palestinian Authority, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Fasting, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Israel Gaza Operation, Jewish, Muslims, Muslim, Impact News
David A. Love

There are many opinions on the Mideast conflict, but one thing is certain: the situation in Gaza is a humanitarian and human rights disaster, and it cannot continue.

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Push Into Helmand Triggered Severe Spike in Civilian Death Rate, Failed its Objectives

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Improvised Explosive Devices, Civilian Deaths, Nato, Suicide Bombings, Operation Khanjar, Rethink Afghanistan, Ieds, Mcchrystal, Civilian Casualties, Isaf, Afghanistan, Afghan Election, World News
Derrick Crowe

More troops are not the answer in Afghanistan. We need to lower the overall level of military conflict as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops.

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Snake Eyes in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Mubashar Jawed Akbar, Al-Qaida, Just War Theory, Pakistan, Nir Rosen, Robert Greene, Mullah Omar, Just War Criteria, Balochistan, Drones, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, P.W. Singer, Augustine, Geoff Morrell, Nonviolence, Ambrose, Fallujah, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, The 33 Strategies of War, Al-Qaeda, Taliban, Afghanistan, Wired for War, Quetta, World News
Derrick Crowe

None of the credible options in Afghanistan offer real chances for rolling back the insurgent reaction to our presence or reducing terrorism against the United States.

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ISAF's New Afghanistan Counterinsurgency Strategy: Attacking Medical Clinics??

Erica Gaston | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan-Night-Raids, World News
Erica Gaston

Last Wednesday evening at 2pm, international forces raided a health clinic in Wardak province run by one of the largest NGOs in Afghanistan. This raises serious concerns under international law.

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Has Kandahar Already Fallen?

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

Read More: Kandahar, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan Security, Taliban, Afghanistan, World News
Erica Gaston

With Taliban control present in large swaths of Afghanistan, the question is less where is this situation going, but where has it already gone? And the critical follow-up: Is there a way to turn it around?

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Security Dilemmas and Roadside Bombs in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, World News
Erica Gaston

Some say that the use of IEDs in populated areas might be reduced if elders respected by the Taliban spoke out against these tactics. However, given the personal risk entailed, it's easy to see why they don't.

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Three Dead Afghan Children

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan, Rethink Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Arghandab, World News
Derrick Crowe

BBC reports that U.S. forces piloting helicopters killed three children last night in the Arghandab district of Afghanistan.

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A Multiple Choice Test for the State Department

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iran, Obama Afghanistan, US State Department, Pakistan, Civilian Casualties, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diplomacy, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, Iraq War, Space Exploration, Aarp, Obama Iraq, North Korea, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

In light of the reports that July was the deadliest month for U.S. and allied forces, in Afghanistan, I've come up with a multiple choice exam for the State Department.

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Fussing Over Numbers: Body Counts and Accountability

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Civilian Deaths, Civilians, Iraq War Deaths, Human Rights, Body Count, United Nations, Afghanistan Deaths, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Erica Gaston

Civilian casualty counts boil a thousand stories of loss into impersonal statistics, and obscure the real tragedy of these incidents.

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UN Report Confirms Troop Increases Fail to Reduce Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.01.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Military, Rethink Afghanistan, Mcchrystal, Civilian Casualties, Escalation, War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Drones, World News
Derrick Crowe

U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan have increased every year since 2001. In every year since systematic civilian casualty data collection started, civilian casualties caused by pro-government have increased.

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New UN Report: More Than 1,000 Civilians Killed in 2009

Erica Gaston | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Afghanistan Insurgents, Afghanistan, Unama, World News
Erica Gaston

Numbers of Afghans killed by insurgent attacks are way up (59% of casualties). It's not just the number of those killed; the overall number of IEDs and suicide attacks has jumped.

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The New Taliban Code of Conduct: A Kinder, Gentler Taliban?

Erica Gaston | Posted 08.30.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Civilian Deaths, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents Afghanistan Us Troops, Taliban, Afghanistan, Taliban Beheading, Beheading, World News
Erica Gaston

A new Taliban code of conduct declares: "The utmost effort should be made to avoid civilian casualties." This follows an edict ordering commanders not to carry out any more beheadings.

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Israeli Drones Killed Gaza Civilians: HRW

AP | JOSEPH MARKS | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israel, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Gaza, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israeli Drones, Drones, Pakistan Drones, Israel Gaza, Civilian Casualties, World News

JERUSALEM — Human Rights Watch charged Tuesday that Israeli pilots failed to verify targets of drone aircraft at least six times during the Gaza...

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Pro-War Caucus Running the Democratic Party Ditches the Masks

Derrick Crowe | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dccc, Civilian Casualties, Obama, Afghanistan, War Funding, Democrats, Pakistan, Politics News
Derrick Crowe

Recent actions by the DCCC and House Democratic leadership reveal that electing more Democrats and defeating Republican incumbents has taken a back seat to a radical, pro-war agenda.

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Helping Afghan Refugees as US Bombs Continue to Fall

ZP Heller | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Gareth Porter, Military, Airstrikes, Barack Obama, Civilian Casualties, Casualties, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, World News
ZP Heller

Instead of thinking of alternatives to a dangerously flawed military strategy, US commanders are trying to control the narrative about civilian casualties.

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This Video Will Piss You Off and Break Your Heart

Robert Greenwald | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan War, Brave New Foundation, Deaths, Civilian Casualties, US Airstrikes, Robert Greenwald, Military Troops, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, World News
Robert Greenwald

Well-reasoned foreign policy results in more housing, jobs and education. When that policy consists of applying a military solution to a political problem it results in death, destruction, and suffering.

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McChrystal Really Gets It... Now Has to Deliver

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Stanley McChrystal, Civilian Casualties, Civilian-War-Victims, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News
Sarah Holewinski

The incoming US and Allied Forces Commander in Afghanistan has rightly put the "Afghan people" front and center.

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Afghan Civilian Casualties Threaten Airstrike Support For Troops: Pentagon

US News | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Pentagon, Obama Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Civilian Casualities, Foreign Affairs, Stanley McChrystal, Civilian Casualties, Defense Department, Advocacy, Afghanistan Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, World News

Rising anger over Afghan civilians accidentally killed in U.S. military bombing campaigns has prompted some U.S. officers to issue a stark warning to ...

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Robert Greenwald Talks Afghan Civilian Casualties on MSNBC's 'The Ed Show'

Rethink Afghanistan | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Ed Schultz, Msnbc, Brave New Foundation, Media, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, Refugees, Robert Greenwald, World News
Rethink Afghanistan

It's so crucial for more people to see this exclusive footage because it puts a human face on the war, US military airstrikes and indiscriminate bombing.

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U.S. Too Quick To Justify Afghan Deaths

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Us Policy in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, US Military Afghanistan, Civilian-War-Victims, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News
Sarah Holewinski

American forces finally have good rules in place to minimize civilian deaths, but didn't stick to them when they counted the most, in the heat of battle. So why are US officials still blaming the Taliban?

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Afghanistan Bombing That Killed Civilians Violated US Military Guidelines

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, Farah, Farah Bombing, Afganistan Bombing, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Civilians, Afghan Civilian Deaths, US Military, US Military Afghanistan, World News

WASHINGTON — American troops made substantial errors and did not strictly follow rules for avoiding casualties during an air assault on Taliban ...

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Afghan Suicide Bomber Kills Civilian Family Of At Least 6 Near Bagram

Quqnoos | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Bagram, Suicide Bombers, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Suicide Bombers, Afghanistan, Afghan Civilians, Bagram Air Base, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Advocacy, War Wire, World News

At least six civilians were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a civilian vehicle in Bagram on Tuesday, officials said. The civilians, including t...

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US Drone Strikes and Civilian Casualties in Pakistan: "It's Not Moral"

Carne Ross | Posted 06.15.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Casualties, David Kilcullen, Drones, Terrorism, Usaf, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Al Qaeda, Uavs, Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, World News
Carne Ross

There are no journalists in Waziristan or the other areas of western Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, so there are therefore no authoritative reports from the ground on the effects of these strikes.

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Sri Lankan Civilians Now Able To Flee Safely, Government Says

New York Times | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lanka Rebels, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lanka Refugees, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Foreign Affairs, Tamil Tiger Rebels, Sri Lanka, Civilian Casualties, Sri Lankan Shelling, Sri Lanka Violence, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Advocacy, World News

At least 1,500 civilians who had been trapped in Sri Lanka's shrinking war zone managed to flee on Thursday, the country's military said, as its force...

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Sri Lanka Shelling: Doctors Flee From Last Hospital

AP | KRISHAN FRANCIS | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Sri Lanka, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Sri Lanka Rebels, Sri Lanka Violence, Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lanka Army, Sri Lanka Shelling, Tamil Tigers, Tamil Tiger Rebels, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Red Cross, Civilian Casualties, World News

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thousands of civilians waded across a vast lagoon under a hail of rebel gunfire Thursday, breaking out of Sri Lanka's war z...

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