Posted by warvictims on March 6, 2008
Compensation eludes many Iraqi families
By Tina Susman and Raheem Salman
Los Angeles Times
Batul Abdul Hussein thought her son, Wesam Saleh, was one. On Feb. 13, 2007, as U.S. and Iraqi troops began enforcing a new security plan to quell violence in Iraq, the 25-year-old policeman left for his night shift. He never made it home alive. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by warvictims on March 6, 2008
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers say four civilians killed
Agence France Presse
Four Sri Lankan civilians have been killed in a roadside bomb attack allegedly carried out by government security forces, the Tamil Tiger rebels said Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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