Posted in Civilian Casualties, Government, Libya, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, Rocket, Shelling, tagged Civilian Casualties, Libya, rockets, Shells on May 11, 2011 |
The New York Times, By C J Chivers
5 May, 2011
MISURATA, Libya — The four fresh corpses, the remains of people recently killed in the shelling of Misurata, rested on the floor of an office in a small clinic. Each was wrapped in a dirty blanket. No one knew what to do with them, just as no one present had any idea of their names. (more…)
Posted in Body Count, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Israel, Lebanon, Middle-East, Rocket, tagged border, civilian injuries, Gunfire, Israel, Lebanon, rockets on August 3, 2010 |
Source: Agence France-Presse
Date: 03 Aug 2010
ADAYSSEH, Lebanon — Lebanese and Israeli soldiers exchanged rocket and gunfire on Tuesday along the tense border between the two countries leaving two people injured on the Lebanese side, Lebanese army and security officials told AFP. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Body Count, Civilian Casualties, Government, Insurgents, Rocket, Somalia, tagged Africa, Civilian Casualties, east africa, Mogadishu, rockets, Somalia on June 4, 2010 |
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Blogroll, Bomb, Civilian Casualties, Country, Insurgents, NATO/Allies, Rocket, Tactics, Taliban, Type of Harm, tagged Afghanistan, bombings, child victims, Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, coalition forces, coalition troops, Kandahar, Ramadan, rockets, Taliban on August 31, 2009 |
New York Times
By TAIMOOR SHAH
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — This city is no stranger to bombings. There have been many here over the years of war. But the one on Tuesday night — the deadliest — may have done more than any other to deepen Kandahar’s sense of isolation and tip its people into despair that someone, anyone, has the power to halt the mayhem that surrounds them.
The bombing produced an entire city block of devastation, gutting shops and homes and reducing many of the structures to mounds of rubble. On Wednesday, residents searched at the scene and hospitals for missing loved ones, as the death toll rose to 41, with more than 60 wounded.
Abdul Nabi, 45, a shopkeeper, could find only two of his six sons in the wreckage. “I rushed to the hospital and found my sons in very bad condition,” he said. “Three of my sons are still unconscious. One 7-year-old son just opened his eyes now. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Air Strike, Central Asia, Civilian Casualties, Country, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Government, Gunfire, Insurgents, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Rocket, Tactics, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Type of Harm, tagged Afghanistan, airstrike, civiian casualties, civilian deaths, civilian injuries, civilian wounded, Gunfire, Kandahar, Nato, rockets, us military on August 5, 2009 |
KABUL – NATO‘s new secretary-general said on his first trip to Afghanistan on Wednesday that new rules on Western airstrikes and ground operations have sharply reduced civilian casualties. But he spoke just hours after outraged Afghan villagers said a pre-dawn airstrike had killed three children and a man in a southern village. (more…)
