Archive for July 21st, 2009
Posted by warvictims on July 21, 2009
Reuters
By STEPHANIE NEBEHAY
* Fighting makes aid delivery increasingly difficult
* Over 43,000 cases of acute diarrhoea, including cholera
* WFP feeding 3.5 million in Horn of Africa country
GENEVA, July 21 (Reuters) – Intense fighting is making it increasingly difficult to deliver aid to Somalia, where it is crucial to combat cholera outbreaks and maintain food supplies, U.N. agencies said on Tuesday.
An estimated 223,000 people have fled Mogadishu since May 7, when fighting erupted between government troops and al Shabaab militants who control much of southern Somalia and parts of the capital, the U.N. refugee agency said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Africa, Blogroll, Civilian Casualties, Country, Displacement, Government, Insurgents, NGOs, Region, Somalia, Type of Harm, United Nations | Tagged: Afgooye corridor, al Shabaab, IDPs, Internally Displaced Persons, Mogadishu, Somalia, UNDP, UNDSS, UNHCR, UNPOS, WFP, WHO, World Food Programme | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 21, 2009
By BBC
One Palestinian was killed and two were injured in incidents on the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, Israeli officials and Palestinian medics have said.
The man died in hospital in Israel after he was shot while approaching the border fence. The Israeli military said he did not heed warning shots.
Separately, two Palestinians were hurt by Israeli tank fire, Gaza medics said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Blogroll, Checkpoint Shots, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Israel, Middle-East, Palestine, Region, Tactics, Targeted Death, Type of Harm | Tagged: Civilian Casualties, civilian death, gaza, IDF, Israel, Israel-Gaza border, Nahal Oz, Palestine | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 21, 2009
By SAM DAGHER
Published: July 20, 2009
BAGHDAD — Five Iraqi police officers and three civilians were shot dead in a series of seven attacks by gunmen on Monday in the restive northern city of Mosul, and a car bomb near the headquarters of the provincial government in the western city of Ramadi killed two policemen, security officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Bomb, Car Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Iraq, Middle-East, Military, Police, Region, Tactics, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Type of Harm | Tagged: Anbar, Car Bomb, civiilan deaths, Civilian Casualties, Gunfire, Insurgents, Iraq, Mosul, police casualties, police officers, Ramadi, Risala | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 21, 2009
MOSCOW, July 20 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s general prosecutor and emergencies and interior ministers will visit South Ossetia on Tuesday, the South Ossetian press and media ministry said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Central Asia, Country, Foreign Aid, Georgia, Government, Other, Police, Region | Tagged: civil defense ministry, Georgia, police stations, President Medvedev, Russia, south ossetia | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on July 21, 2009
By CARLOTTA GALL and RUHULLAH KHAPALWAK
Published: July 21, 2009
KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight suicide attackers mounted assaults on government compounds in two eastern towns Tuesday, killing six members of the Afghan security forces and wounding four, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Bomb, Central Asia, Country, Government, Gunfire, ISAF, Insurgents, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Suicide Bomb, Tactics, Taliban, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Terrorists, Type of Harm | Tagged: Afghan police, Afghan security forces, Afghanistan, detonate, Gardez, gunmen, Insurgents, JAlalabad, Kabul, militants, Paktia Province, suicide bombers, Taliban, Terrorists, United States forces, Zabiullah Mujahid, Zaibullah Mujahid | Leave a Comment »
