On AlterNet: casualties

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "casualties"

More Than 160 Children Killed in America's Drone War in Pakistan

Chris Woods, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. August 14, 2011.

One in seven of all US strikes appear to have resulted in child fatalities.

Are Foreign Lives of Equal Worth to Ours?

Adil E. Shamoo, Foreign Policy in Focus. June 22, 2010.

The human instinct of herd mentality can’t serve as justification for the indiscriminate killing of civilians outside U.S. borders.

Israeli Assault Injures 1.5 Million Gazans

Jonathan Cook, AlterNet. January 17, 2009.

In addition to the 1,000 deaths, there are some 1.5 million injured in Gaza. How has such an astounding figure passed the world's media by?

Why Do So Few Speak Up for Gaza?

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. January 7, 2009.

There is a widespread acceptance, beginning with the apologetic arguments of President Bush, that whatever Israel does is always justified.

News From the Forgotten War: 100 Afghan Insurgents "Breach" U.S. Base

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 14, 2008.

The coordinated attack may be tied to U.S. bombing of a wedding party that killed 47.

U.S. Death Toll in Iraq Hits 7-Month High

Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK. May 2, 2008.

The killing of three U.S. soldiers in Baghdad raised the number killed in April to 47, reversing a trend towards lower American casualties.

Right-Wingers Can't Cover Up Iraq's Death Toll Catastrophe

John Tirman, AlterNet. January 21, 2008.

The warmongers who got us into Iraq are blaming everyone but themselves for the humanitarian disaster they created.

Occupation's Toll: 5 Million Iraqi Children Orphaned

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 18, 2007.

It is said that Iraq is the world's best-known conflict but the least well-known humanitarian crisis.

Holocaust Denial, American Style

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet. November 21, 2007.

Institutionally unwilling to consider America's responsibility for the bloodbath, the traditional media have refused to acknowledge the massive number of Iraqis killed since the invasion.

Eyes Wide Open: The Human Cost of the Iraq War [VIDEO]

Cliff Schecter, AlterNet: Video. October 30, 2007.

This is exactly what the Bushies don't want you to see, as they continue to send other people's sons and daughters to die in a war based upon a lie.

Iraq's Bloody Toll: History Repeats Itself

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. October 19, 2007.

In 1258, the Mongols took Baghdad, murdered its inhabitants, burned its libraries, and ravished its lands. The Bush administration has done the same, but hidden it behind a smoke screen of lies.

Iraq War: Love and Personal Loss [Photo Essay]

Nina Berman, AlterNet. September 27, 2007.

Andrew Lichtenstein's new book, Never Coming Home, shows the faces behind the Iraq War casualty statistics.

Big Lies Surround the Iraq "Surge"

Juan Cole, Informed Comment. September 1, 2007.

Juan Cole slices and dices the administration's spin.

Love During a Time of War

AlterNetFebruary 14, 2007.

Former Marine Sgt. Ty Ziegel, wounded in Iraq in December 2004 by a suicide car bomber, stands with his high school sweetheart, Renee Kline, at a photo studio on the morning of their wedding day, October 7, 2006.

Rural America Pays the Price for War in Iraq

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. January 27, 2007.

American dead of the Iraq and Afghan occupations come disproportionately from rural America.

The Real Cost of the Iraq War: 50,000 U.S. Casualties

Michael Munk, AlterNet. January 4, 2007.

Death is not the only measure of loss in Iraq. What about all of the lost limbs, bloodshed and other casualties that aren't being reported?