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Civilian Casualties

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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Time for the Military PR Folks to Come Up With a New Spin

Philip Slater | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan War, Spin, US Military, Military, Pr, Public Relations, Politics News
Philip Slater

A little more honesty from the PR folks might be appropriate. Something like: "Look, folks, we're the military. Our job is to kill folks. If you're going to get picky about who, send someone else."

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Sri Lanka Hospital Attack Kills Over 50 Civilians

AP | RAVI NESSMAN | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Artillery shells tore through a hospital packed with wounded civilians in Sri Lanka's war zone for a second day Wednesday, ...

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Afghani Officials: Suicide Bomb Kills 7, Wounds 21 At US Base

AP | RAHIM FAIEZ and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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KABUL — A suicide car bomber killed seven people and wounded 21 others Wednesday outside a U.S. military base in the same part of eastern Afghan...

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Afghan Villagers Get Reparation Payments For Killed Civilians

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Civilians, Reparation Payments, Afghan Civilian Reparations, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News

A government commission concluded that 140 civilians died, more than twice the figure cited by the United States....

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Sri Lanka Safe Zone Attack: '1,000 Civilians Killed'

Guardian | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lanka Safe Zone, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, Civilian Casualties, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Sri Lanka Violence, Advocacy, World News

Doctor reports hundreds of bodies being brought to hospital as UN says feared bloodbath has now become reality...

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US Soldiers Kill Iraqi Boy, 12, After Thrown Grenade

New York Times | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Violence, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Us Soldiers, Us Soldiers in Iraq, Iraqi Boy Killed, Civilian Casualties, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq, Iraq Insurgency, Advocacy, World News

American soldiers shot and killed two people in the northern city of Mosul, including a 12-year-old boy the military said had thrown a hand grenade at...

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Will Israel Help Gaza's Victims?

Sarah Holewinski | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza Humanitarian Crisis, Civilian Casualties, Civilian-War-Victims, Israel Gaza Operation, Us-Civilian-Deaths, Israel, World News
Sarah Holewinski

So while the investigators press on and the applicable laws are figured out in the Gaza aftermath, here's an idea: help these people.

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Time to Call Off the Predators?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Terrorists, Predators, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Civilian Casualties, Islamic Extremists, Asif Ali Zardari, Obama, Drones, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Obama Diplomacy, Airstrikes, Anti-Americanism, David Kilcullen, Pakistani Taliban, Taliban, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

No single issue that has fueled the flames of anti-Americanism in Pakistan more than the bombings of their country by our Predator drones.

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US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Civilian Deaths, US Military, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Taliban, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Elizabeth Mathias, Afghan Civilians, Hillary Clinton, Afghan Civilian Deaths, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, World News

By Fisnik Abrashi, Associated Press The US military says reports that as many as 147 civilians died in fighting involving American forces and the Tal...

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Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers Civilian Treatment Sparks Concern (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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

As the civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tiger rebel group rages on -- with the army refusing the Tigers' proposed ceasefire...

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US Afghan Airstrike Spurs Protests

Quqnoos | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Afghan Airstrike, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Afghanistan, Farah, Foreign Affairs, Civilian Casualties, Afghan Civilians, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, War Wire, World News

Hundreds of locals in a protest rally criticised the US-led fatal air-bombing in which locals claim at least 200 casualties...

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Duped by CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC

Doon Baqi | Posted 05.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Msnbc, Afghanistan, Cnn, Fox News, Civilian Casualties, Iran, Israel, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Media News
Doon Baqi

The media has an august responsibility to make us aware of every angle of what is going on, and not just one side that fits their own agendas.

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Killing Civilians

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Awal Khan, Civilian Casualties, Collateral Damage, Afghanistan War, World News
Tom Engelhardt

In Afghanistan, civilian deaths are inseparable from this war while the killing of soldiers might be thought of as collateral activity.

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Tamil Tigers Use Civilian Shields For Sri Lankan Army Shelling

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka Civil War, Sri Lanka Rebels, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, Sri Lanka Tamil Tigers, Foreign Affairs, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger Human Shields, Civilian Casualties, Tamil Tigers Suicide Bomber, Human Shields, Sri Lanka Civilian Deaths, Advocacy, World News
Human Rights Watch

100,000 civilians held hostage by Tamil Tiger rebels on a stretch of land just twice the size of New York's Central Park have come under repeated indiscriminate shelling by the Sri Lankan armed forces.

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Most Civilian Deaths In Iraq Were From Kidnapping-Executions: Report

AFP | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Deaths, Civilians, Civilian Kidnappings, Iraqi Civilian Deaths, Civilian Execution, Foreign Affairs, Iraq Civilian Casualties, Civilian Casualties, Iraq, Civilian Executions, Advocacy, World News

The most common cause of death for civilians in the first five years of the Iraq war was execution after being kidnapped, according to a report publis...

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More Troops Alone Will Not Win Back Afghans' Confidence

Erica Gaston | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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

For a true strategic rethink, we'll have to do more than dust up around the margins. More troops alone will not win back Afghans' trust.

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Losing the People: The Cost and Consequences of Civilian Suffering in Afghanistan

Erica Gaston | Posted 03.28.2009 | World

Read More: Hearts-and-Minds, Civilian Casualties, Victim-Compensation, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News
Erica Gaston

For the last year, I have been living in Afghanistan interviewing civilians harmed in the conflict for the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict.

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Diary From an Oxfam Aid Worker -- Civilians in the Midst of War

Louis Belanger | Posted 03.07.2009 | World

Read More: Civilian Casualties, Hamas Gaza, Oxfam, Gaza, Humanitarian Aid, Israel Hamas Ceasefire, Israel, World News
Louis Belanger

Left wing Israeli people told me they didn't like what was happening to civilians in Gaza. They said they could hear the explosions and feel the ground shake.

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US pays $40,000 after 15 Afghans die in raid

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Taliban Regime, President Hamid Karzai, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, War in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Afghanistan, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News

TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — U.S. commanders on Tuesday traveled to a poor Afghan village and distributed $40,000 to relatives of 15 people kille...

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