Posted in Afghanistan, Displacement, Insurgents, Internal Displaced Persons, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, tagged Afghanistan, IDPs, ISAF, NATO allies, us military on April 26, 2011|
IRIN
21 April, 2011
KABUL, 21 April 2011 (IRIN) – One irony of the current security situation in Afghanistan is that foreign forces, whose ostensible aim is to protect civilians while fighting the Taliban, may be responsible – directly or indirectly – for the bulk of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country, whose number is rising. (more…)
Posted in Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Crossfire Injuries, Diplomacy, Government, Libya, Middle-East, NATO/Allies, Tactical Directives, tagged civilians casualties, ground fighting, Libya, NATO allies, rebels on April 26, 2011|
Reuters, By Alexander Dziadosz
April 20, 2011
BENGHAZI, Libya, April 20 (Reuters) – Libyan rebels would not object to the presence of foreign ground forces to protect a safe haven for civilians, a senior rebel spokesman said on Wednesday. (more…)
Posted in Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Crossfire Deaths, Germany, Libya, Middle-East, Military, NATO/Allies, Tactical Directives, United States, tagged arms, Military, NATO allies, NATO Secretary General, rebels, United States on April 17, 2011|
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty By Rikard Jozwiak
April 14, 2011
NATO foreign ministers have endorsed calls for Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi to leave power, amid divisions among alliance members on the campaign to protect civilians in the North African country.
At a meeting in Berlin, NATO foreign ministers agreed the alliance would continue its Libya mission as long as was needed. (more…)
Posted in Africa, Air Strike, Civilian Casualties, Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Government, Libya, Military, NATO/Allies, United Nations, United States, World, tagged Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, human rights, ICC, Libya, Nato, NATO allies, United Nations, US Congress, us military on March 29, 2011|
By: Stephen Zunes
March 28, 2011
Reasonable people can disagree on the appropriateness of the decision by the United States and its NATO allies to attack Libya in the wake of the Gadaffi regime’s offensive against rebel-held cities under the doctrine of “the responsibility to protect.” Though the intervention likely prevented a slaughter, there is no guarantee that it won’t simply protract a bloody military stalemate that could result in at least as many civilian deaths. (more…)
Posted in Actors, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Country, Government, Ground Assault, Insurgents, ISAF, Military, NATO/Allies, Region, Tactics, Taliban, United Kingdom, United States, tagged Afghanistan, counterinsurgency, Helmand province, Marines, NATO allies, Taliban, us military on July 2, 2009|
By Jonathon Burch
KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed into a river valley in southern Helmand province on Thursday in an operation seeking to break the Taliban’s hold on the key opium-growing region and turn the tide of the war in Afghanistan. (more…)
