Showing posts with label civilians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civilians. Show all posts
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Video: 'No one's safe, civilians terrified of war threat' in Gaza
The Media Waves: Video: 'No one's safe, civilians terrified of war ...: Documentary film-maker and activist, Harry Fear is right in the center of Gaza City. RT interviewed him on the current situation with the attack by Israel..... read more and watch videos.
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Friday, 8 June 2012
NATO apologizes for killing 18 civilians in Afghan airstrike
The deadly airstrike in Afghanistan's Logar province took the lives of 18 civilians, including children. NATO now apologizes for the attack.
Digital Journal reported yesterday on the deaths of five women, seven children and six men in the Logar Province of Afghanistan. At the time there was mixed reporting, with Afghanistan stating that civilians had been killed, and NATO saying they merely took out Taliban militants and slightly wounded two civilians.
Now NATO has for the first time publicly confirmed that civilians were killed in the strike... read full article.
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
18 Afghan civilians killed at a wedding in Logar province?
Among conflicting reports, government officials are saying that 18 Afghani civilians have been killed, while NATO is insisting they took out 8 military commanders in the strike
After a NATO airstrike apparently hit a wedding in the Baraki Barak district, the dead Afghani civilians are said to include seven children, five women and six men. An AP photographer saw villagers pile the corpses into vans and officials offer this as proof of the killing. Villagers are planning to drive the bodies to the capital of Logar province in protest against the attack... read more.
22 civilians killed in suicide blasts in Kandahar, Afghanistan
22 people were killed when 2 suicide blasts occurred in a market area several kilometers from Kandahar Air Field, used by the U.S.-led coalition.
While some news sources are quoting 20 dead and 22 injured, the latest report is that 22 are dead and at least 50 other civilians were wounded in the blast, according to Javid Faisal, spokesman for Kandahar province and cited by AP.
Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, has claimed responsibility for the blast, which was caused initially by a suicide bomber detonating his motorcycle. As people ran to aid the injured, a second suicide bomber walked up to the area and detonated his explosives.... read full article.
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