Posted by warvictims on July 16, 2008
By BBC
At least 35 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a double suicide bombing north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, army sources say.
The two attackers mingled with a crowd of would-be recruits at an army base in the city of Baquba and then blew themselves up simultaneously, they say.
At least one of the bombers is said to have been disguised as a soldier. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury | Tagged: Al Qaeda, army recruits, Baquba, bombers, coalition forces, Gen. Petraeus, Insurgents, Iraq, Taleban, US forces | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 16, 2008
By UN News Service
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia today expressed grave concern at the rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country after two Somali aid workers were killed on Friday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its transport agents was shot dead on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Africa, Civilian Casualties, Foreign Aid, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Journalists, NATO/Allies, NGOs, Somalia, Targeted Death, United Nations | Tagged: ICU, Insurgents, islamic conference, Somali, TFG, UN, WFP | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 16, 2008
By BBC Monitoring
Excerpt from an editorial in Dari entitled: “Who is responsible for civilian casualties?” published by Afghan newspaper Daily Afghanistan, part of the Afghanistan newspaper group on 12 July
Civilian casualties have increased by 66 per cent in the country this year. Taleban suicide attacks and coalition air strikes have increased the number. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Military, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury | Tagged: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Insurgents, ISAF, McKiernan, Nato, suicide attacks, Taleban, US forces | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 16, 2008
By BBC Monitoring
Text of editorial in Dari, “Why instrumental use of civilian casualties?!”, published by privately-owned Afghan newspaper Rah-e Nejat on 12 July
The issue of civilian casualties has been one of the problems and challenges which was followed by various sensitivities. Civilian casualties caused by insurgents, Taleban fighters, foreign forces and the International Security Assistance Force [ISAF] have increased in an unprecedented way. The UN recently announced that civilian casualties during clashes in Afghanistan had increased 66 per cent compared with last year. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Military | Tagged: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Civilian Casualties, ISAF, Nato, Taleban | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 16, 2008
By The New York Times
The Taliban insurgents who attacked a remote American-run outpost near the Pakistan border on Sunday numbered nearly 200 fighters, almost three times the size of the allied force, and some breached the NATO compound in a coordinated assault that took the defenders by surprise, Western officials said Monday.
The attackers were driven back in a pitched four-hour battle, and they appeared to suffer scores of dead and wounded of their own, but the toll they inflicted was sobering. The base and a nearby observation post were held by just 45 American troops and 25 Afghan soldiers, two senior allied officials said, asking for anonymity while an investigation was under way. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Afghanistan, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Insurgents, Military, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury | Tagged: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Civilian Casualties, ISAF, McKiernan, Nato, Taleban, US outpost | Leave a Comment »
