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Archive for March 6th, 2008

IRAQ: Compensation eludes many Iraqi families

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 »

Posted in Civilian Casualties, Compensation, Government, Gunfire, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, United States | Leave a Comment »

SRI LANKA: Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers say four civilians killed

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 »

Posted in Body Count, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka | Leave a Comment »