Archive for July 7th, 2009
Posted by warvictims on July 7, 2009
By CNN
Around 204,000 people have fled their homes in the Somali capital of Mogadishu as a result of a militant offensive against government forces, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
The eight-week long push by Al-Shaabab and Hisb-ul-Islam militias has prompted what the agency calls “the biggest exodus from the troubled Somali capital since the Ethiopian intervention in 2007.”
“The escalating conflict in Mogadishu is having a devastating impact on the city’s population causing enormous suffering and massive displacement,” the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said.
The agency said its local partners in the capital reported that fighting over the past week “has killed some 105 people and injured 382.” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Country, Displacement, Insurgents, Region, Somalia, Type of Harm, United Nations | Tagged: Al Shabab, Al-Shaabab, Displacement, Hisb-ul Islam, IDPs, internally displaced people, Mogadishu, Mujahideen Youth Movement, Somalia, UNHCR, USA | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 7, 2009
GENEVA, 3 July 2009 – UNICEF is deeply concerned about the condition of thousands of children who have been displaced by conflict, or who remain in affected areas, in north-western Pakistan. Nearly 50 per cent of the estimated 2 million displaced are children, many of whom are in urgent need of health and educational services, nutritional support, access to clean water and sanitation as well as protection. Their situation has been compounded by the harsh summer temperatures. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Displacement, Government, NGOs, Other, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, Region, Type of Harm, United Nations | Tagged: Buner, IDPs, internally displaced people, Internally Displaced Persons, North-West Frontier Province, NWFP, Pakistan, Refugee Camps, South Waziristan, Swat, UNICEF | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 7, 2009
Published: July 6, 2009 at 10:58 AM
BAGHDAD, July 6 (UPI) — At least seven people, including a child, died in overnight violence in Iraq as gunmen targeted police and civilians, Iraqi security officials said Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Grenade, Gunfire, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Police, Region, Tactics, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, Type of Harm | Tagged: baghdad, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, civilian wounded, grenades, Iraq, Iraqi police, Mosul | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 7, 2009
By Murray Wardrop
Published: 8:41AM BST 06 Jul 2009
Lord Bingham, who retired last year as a senior law lord, said the aircraft could follow other weapons considered “so cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance” in being consigned to the history books. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Clusters/Mines, Country, Government, Insurgents, Iraq, Israel, Middle-East, Pakistan, Palestine, Region, Tactics, Taliban, Terrorists, United Kingdom | Tagged: Afghanistan, air strikes, Al Qaeda, al-Qaida, cluster bombs, drones, gaza, Israel, landmines, Pakistan, Palestine, pilotless aircraft, Taliban, unmanned drones | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 7, 2009
By MIRAYA FM
Twelve civilians have died in the Somali Capital as government soldiers retaliated to mortars fired at the presidential palace by insurgents. The British Broadcasting Corporation reported that most of the shells landed on deserted houses but three hit places where people stay. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Body Count, Country, Insurgents, Mortars, Other, Region, Somalia, Tactics | Tagged: Al Shabab, Al-Mujahideen, civiilan deaths, Civilian Casualties, Mogadishu, Mortar Shells, Mortars, Somalia | Leave a Comment »
