Posted by warvictims on June 26, 2008
By BBC NEWS
At least 30 people have been killed in two bombings in Iraq.
The first occurred in the town of Karma, west of Baghdad, where a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a local council meeting, killing at least 12.
More than a dozen people were wounded. It was the third attack in a week against a local administrative branch of the US-backed Iraqi government. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Targeted Death | Tagged: al-Quaeda, baghdad, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, civilians, Insurgents, Iraq, Karma, suicide bomber, US army, US forces, western baghdad | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 26, 2008
By The Los Angeles Times
Nine Iraqi civilians were killed Wednesday in two armed clashes involving U.S. soldiers, local authorities reported. The military said U.S. soldiers were fired upon first in both incidents.
In the capital, three people were killed in a fiery crash after gunfire erupted as their vehicle passed U.S. soldiers with a convoy stopped near the Baghdad international airport to recover a stalled vehicle.
Officials at Yarmouk Hospital identified the dead as a manager and two female employees from a bank at the airport. Iraqi police also reported that two bodyguards were injured. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Iraq, Middle-East | Tagged: airstrike, baghdad, Civilian Casualties, collateral damages, Compensation, ICAP, Iraq civilinas, Karbala, Maliki, military convoy, Mosul, US army, US troops | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 26, 2008
By The International Herald Tribune
A human rights groups said in a report Wednesday that violence in Chechnya had decreased markedly in recent years but that fighting between Muslim insurgents and Russian troops threatened to engulf a neighboring region.
Human Rights Watch said a recent spike in insurgent attacks in the region, Ingushetia, had provoked a series of kidnappings, torture and arbitrary killings of civilians by law enforcement agents that was reminiscent of the rights abuses in Chechnya. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Chechnya, Civilian Casualties, Europe, Fact Finding, Government, Insurgents, Russia | Tagged: al-Quaeda, Chechnya, extrajudicial killings, Ingushetia, Insurgents, Kadyrov, Kremlin, Russia | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 25, 2008
By BBC NEWS
Authorities in north-west Pakistan say they have found the bodies of 22 tribesmen who were kidnapped by local Taleban militants on Monday.
The men were seized in South Waziristan tribal area by fighters loyal to top Taleban leader, Baitullah Mehsud.
They belonged to a rival tribe considered by some to be friendly to the government, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Hostages, NATO/Allies, Pakistan, Targeted Death | Tagged: Afghanistan, feuds, McKiernan, Nato, Pakistan, Taliban, terrosrists, tribal, tribe members, Waziristan | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 23, 2008
By Agence France Presse
Hundreds of protesters took to streets in eastern Afghanistan on Monday after a father and son were allegedly killed by gunfire from US-led soldiers, a governor and witnesses said.
Around 200 people demonstrated in the Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, chanting “We want the trial of those responsible for the death of civilians,” witnesses said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Insurgents, NATO/Allies | Tagged: Afghanistan, canons, Civilian Casualties, collateral damage, Gunfire, McKiernan, Nato, protests, US forces | Leave a Comment »
