Civilian Deaths

Sign the act.ly Petition to End the War in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


Derrick Crowe

I've just launched an act.ly petition asking the White House to end the war in Afghanistan. Please sign it (you must have a Twitter account to do so) ...

791 U.S. Military Deaths In Afghanistan Since Start Of War

The Associated Press | Posted 10.07.2009 | World


As of Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2009, at least 791 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasi...

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

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


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.

Snake Eyes in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


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.

The Slandering of a Renown Jewish Jurist and War Crimes Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone

Ray Hanania | Posted 10.24.2009 | World


Ray Hanania

Renown South African Jurist Richard Goldstone has completed a comprehensive report on the war crimes committed during the Israeli war started against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 4, 2008.

Geneva Conventions: 60th Birthday Is No Time To Retire

Louis Belanger | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Louis Belanger

The Geneva Conventions are 60 years old this week. They represent the most widely ratified and recognized legal instrument worldwide. But they are now being violated in every modern conflict.

Three Dead Afghan Children

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.06.2009 | World


Derrick Crowe

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

Fussing Over Numbers: Body Counts and Accountability

Erica Gaston | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics


Erica Gaston

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

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

Derrick Crowe | Posted 09.01.2009 | World


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.

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

Erica Gaston | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


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.

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

Erica Gaston | Posted 08.30.2009 | World


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.

Pentagon Struggling To Explain Afghanistan Bombing Incident

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is delaying release of its investigation into air strikes last month that killed dozens of civilians in Afghanist...

Words and War

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.08.2009 | World


Norman Solomon

There's plenty more media invisibility and erasure ahead for Afghan people as the Pentagon ramps up its war effort in their country.

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

Quqnoos | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


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

Afghan Villagers Get Reparation Payments For Killed Civilians

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


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

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

Guardian | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


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

US Refutes 147 Afghan Civilian Death Toll

Associated Press | Fisnik Abrashi | Posted 06.08.2009 | World


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...

Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers Civilian Treatment Sparks Concern (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


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...

US Afghan Airstrike Spurs Protests

Quqnoos | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


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

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

AFP | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


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...

America is Primarily at Fault for the Conflict in Gaza

Cenk Uygur | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

The Bush administration demanded -- against the advice of nearly every expert in the field and the Israeli government -- that the Palestinians hold elections. They did. Hamas won.

Cross-Border Attacks in Syria and Pakistan Are Not Coincidence

Ray Hanania | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Ray Hanania

One week before a presidential election, with his Republican party's candidate waning in the polls, the Bush Administration will also start a war for politics.

Afghan Civilian Deaths Acknowledged By Pentagon, Officials Say 30 Killed In Strike

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The military said Wednesday that U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan on Aug. 22 killed 33 civilians, far more than previously acknowledg...

Sam Stein

Say It Ain't So, Sarah: Palin Smears Obama With Year-Old Discredited Attack

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics


During an appearance on Fox News this Friday, Sarah Palin claimed that Barack Obama should be disqualified from serving as president because he had on...

US Strike Kills Eight Members Of Iraqi Family, Reports Say

McClatchy Newspapers | Posted 10.20.2008 | Home


BAGHDAD -- At least eight civilians, all from one family and including women, were killed in a U.S. raid and airstrike Friday near Tikrit , Iraqi poli...