On AlterNet: civilian deaths

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U.N. Reported Only a Fraction of Civilian Deaths from U.S. Raids in Afghanistan

Gareth Porter, Shah Noori, IPS News. March 25, 2011.

If the same law used in counting victims of Taliban assassinations were applied to those targeted in night raids, the victims would have to be considered civilian casualties.

Shocking Admission on Killing Civilians by Top US General Almost Completely Ignored by Corporate Media

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. March 31, 2010.

"We have shot an amazing number of people, but to my knowledge, none has ever proven to be a threat," says Afghan commander McChrystal.

Civilian Casualties Prove That Military Policies Are Failing in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe, January 18, 2010.

The U.S. strategy in Afghanistan is failing if measured by the standards proposed by General Stanley McChrystal during his confirmation hearings in June 2009.

General McChrystal Defines "Success," and Fails

ZP Heller, Brave New Films. September 30, 2009.

Warning: Some graphic images. Gen. Stanley McChrystal told Congress that the measure of success in Afghanistan should be "the number of Afghans shielded from violence." Fail.

US Military Escalation Leads to Record Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation. June 29, 2009.

Take action to help those affected by recent US airstrikes.

Wearing Green for Iran? What About the People of Iraq and Afghanistan?

Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant. June 22, 2009.

Americans express outrage and solidarity on behalf of the people of Iran; meanwhile innocent people die every day with our tax dollars.

How Many Iraqis Have Really Died?

Diane Farsetta, PR Watch. March 1, 2008.

Revisiting that controversial Lancet study.

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.

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.

Iraq Death Toll Rivals Rwanda Genocide, Cambodian Killing Fields

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 17, 2007.

A new study estimates that 1.2 million Iraqis have met violent deaths since Bush and Cheney chose to invade.

Is the United States Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month? Or Is It More?

Michael Schwartz, After Downing Street. July 6, 2007.

300 Iraqis killed by Americans each day sounds like an impossible figure, but a close look at the reported numbers of violent deaths and rate of armed patrols makes it all too likely.