Posted by warvictims on June 18, 2008
By CNN
A Marine officer on Tuesday became the seventh person cleared of charges related to the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq.
A military judge dismissed charges against Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, who was charged with dereliction of duty and violation of a lawful order for failing to report and investigate the incident. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Courts, Crossfire Deaths, Government, Iraq, Laws, Trials, Middle-East, Military, United States | Tagged: Bagdad, casualties, Chessani, civilans, court, Haditha, Iraq, judge, trial, USA | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 18, 2008
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr., MUDHAFER AL-HUSAINI and ALI HAMID
Published: June 18, 2008
BAGHDAD — Explosives stowed in a minibus obliterated part of a bustling marketplace and set ablaze a crowded apartment building in the heavily Shiite Huriya district of northwest Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 75 late Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi security officials said.
There were immediate and angry calls for revenge from Shiites, a display of sectarian tensions that had been ebbing as the overall violence dropped in Iraq. The blast occurred in the heart of a neighborhood where Sunnis had been brutally driven out — and some of the current residents blamed the displaced Sunnis for the attack. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Suicide Bomb, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Uncategorized | Tagged: al-sadr, Bagdad, Bush, casualties, civilians, Coalition, explosion, explosives, Insurgents, Iraq, Maliki, market, minibus, Shiite, sunni, terror, VBIED | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 18, 2008
Voices from Kandahar conflict
BBC News
Nato and Afghan forces have launched an operation to drive out Taleban insurgents from Arghandab district on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar.
Residents of Kandahar and people who fled when the Taleban occupied their villages spoke to the BBC about their concerns. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Ground Assault, Insurgents, Looting, NATO/Allies, Property Damage | Tagged: Afghanistan, agriculture, Kandahar, Nato, news, prison, Taliban | Leave a Comment »
