[Imc-newsroom] afghan civilians killed -- from the BBC:

[Sascha Meinrath]

some folks claim that the U.S. is at war because terrorists killed
innocent civilians -- which is definitely a horrendous crime.  here's a
list of confirmed civilian deaths (remember, with all the media control
the U.S. military is engaged in, it's very, VERY likely this is just the
tip of the iceberg).  there are straight from the BBC website:

31 October:
At least 11 people are killed as US bombs hit a Red Crescent medical
dispensary during heavy raids on Kandahar, says a doctor working at the
clinic.

28 October:
More than 10 people are killed in Kabul when a bomb hit three homes,
according to residents. Most of the victims are from the same family.

27 October:
A woman is killed and several people are injured when two houses are hit
by a bomb in the village of Ganikel, in an area controlled by the Northern
Alliance.

26 October:
Two sisters, aged six and 11, die when their home is destroyed by a bomb
in the village of Wazir Abad, near Kabul.

A Kabul hospital official tells reporters a man was also killed when a
bomb hit a communications centre.

US bombs hit a Red Cross warehouse, destroying food intended for widows
and disabled people, Red Cross officials say.

25 October:
A United Nations mine clearance centre is hit, killing two trained sniffer
dogs and destroying vehicles.

22 October:
The UN reports that nine people are killed in the village of Shakar Qala
near Herat after a US aircraft drops a cluster bomb.

A US bomb strikes a military hospital in Herat, according to the UN. The
US acknowledges that a bomb went astray. The Taleban claims a 100-bed
civilian hospital was also destroyed.

The US human rights organisation Human Rights Watch has reported that at
least 25 people in Chowkar Karez, a village 40 kilometres north of
Kandahar, were killed by US bombs.

21 October:
At least 20 civilians, including nine children, die when the tractor and
trailer on which they are escaping US attacks in the southern town of
Tirin Kot is bombed, according to survivors.

Witnesses tell reporters that a US bomb hits the Khair Khana district of
Kabul, killing 10 people, nine from the same family.

18 October:
Five members of the same family die when six houses are bombed in a suburb
of Kabul, witnesses tell reporters.

16 October:
US bombs hit warehouses belonging to the International Committee of the
Red Cross in Kabul, destroying supplies and injuring at least one worker.
The US admits dropping a bomb close to the warehouse, saying Taleban
vehicles were in the area.

13 October:
A US bomb misses a target at Kabul airport and strikes a nearby village,
killing at least four people, according to witnesses. The Pentagon blamed
a technical error.

11 October:
More than 150 people are reported killed in Karam, a mountain village near
Jalalabad. Correspondents invited to visit the scene by the Taleban see
dozens of collapsed houses and report that the smell of rotting corpses is
strong, but the number of victims cannot be confirmed.

The US says it attacked caves in the area that were packed with Taleban
ammunition, causing a massive explosion.

Villagers near Kabul airport say a 12-year-old girl died when her home
collapsed after a bomb landed nearby.

9 October:
The office of a UN-backed mine clearance agency in Kabul is hit, killing
four security guards.