Items filed under "civilian casualties"

Deaths in Gaza - NYTimes.com

Mike — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:15:44 -0500

“When Illusions Are All” (Week in Review, Nov. 21), an analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, says, “It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been largely drained of deadly violence in the past few years.”

Operators of Drones Are Faulted in Afghan Deaths - NYTimes.com

Mike — Sat, 29 May 2010 11:31:04 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan — The American military released a scathing report Saturday on the deaths of 23 Afghan civilians earlier this year, saying that “inaccurate and unprofessional” reporting by a team of Predator drone operators helped lead to an inadvertent missile strike on a group of innocent men, women and children.

Airstrike by Pakistanis Reported to Kill Civilians - NYTimes.com

Mike — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 21:34:22 -0400

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — An airstrike by Pakistan’s military killed as many as 75 civilians in northwestern Pakistan over the weekend, according to a government official and villagers from the area. A military official confirmed some civilian deaths, but said the toll had been far lower.

U.S. Admits Role in February Killing of Afghan Women - NYTimes.com

Mike — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:58:15 -0400

And in what would be a scandalous turn to the investigation, The Times of London reported Sunday night that Afghan investigators also determined that American forces not only killed the women but had also “dug bullets out of their victims’ bodies in the bloody aftermath” and then “washed the wounds with alcohol before lying to their superiors about what happened.”

McChrystal Brings Most Special Operations Under His Control - NYTimes.com

Mike — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:23:08 -0400

On Feb. 12 in a village near Gardez, in Paktia Province, Afghan police special forces paired with American Special Operations forces raided a house late at night looking for two Taliban suspects, and instead killed a local police chief and a district prosecutor when they came out, armed with Kalashnikov rifles, to investigate. Three women who came to their aid, according to interviews with family members and friends, were also killed; one was a pregnant mother of 10, the other a pregnant mother of 6.

U.S. airstrike kills at least 27 Afghan civilians - washingtonpost.com

Mike — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:27:37 -0500

QALAT, AFGHANISTAN -- A U.S. airstrike targeting a convoy of buses traveling in southern Afghanistan killed at least 27 civilians and wounded a dozen more in a bombing that could fuel a political backlash against the ongoing military offensive in Afghanistan.

Mounting toll of collateral damage - The Boston Globe

Mike — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:30:58 -0500

Yet, despite the fact that these deaths cause just as much pain to those who love them as do American deaths, TV and the press do not stop in their tracks to examine them, assign blame, and insist on policies to prevent them in the future.

Afghans Say Inquiry Shows Boys Were Killed in Allied Action - NYTimes.com

Mike — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:39:03 -0500

“They gathered eight school students from two compounds and put them in one room and shot them with small arms,” said the delegation’s leader, Asadullah Wafa, a senior adviser to Mr. Karzai and a former governor of Kunar.

Made in Mass., bomb stirs global debate - The Boston Globe

Mike — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:12:02 -0400

“Knowing that we are in no way, shape or form contributing to [civilian suffering] is really a very satisfying place to be,’’ he said.

NATO Strike Magnifies Divide on Afghan War - NYTimes.com

Mike — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:13:00 -0400

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike on Friday exploded two fuel tankers that had been hijacked by the Taliban, setting off competing claims about how many among the scores of dead were civilians and raising questions about whether the strike violated tightened rules on the use of aerial bombardment.