[Peace-discuss] Call Durbin: SFRC hearing today on ISIS war

[E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss]

On 11/13/2014 03:53 AM, Robert Naiman via Peace-discuss wrote:
> include a provision for regular public reporting on civilian deaths 
> and injuries from U.S. airstrikes,
> so that the public, Members of Congress, and journalists can better 
> understand reports in the media about civilian casualties.
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//We need data./

We *are* _/*data-driven.*/_

Let's make sure that the data is in a standard format with 
cross-platform readability.

How about *.csv files?  Let's spell it out.

Write to Durbin and tell him that you demand that all data on
civilian deaths and injuries from US Airstrikes be published on
the web in downloadable Comma Separated Values (*.csv) format.

A separate ICD-9 code should be used for each injury.

Left and right limb and leg injuries should be recorded separately
along with the anatomical location of the amputation sites.
Distal and proximal are no longer acceptable.  Coders must supply
the distance from the amputation site to the proximal joint. This
also applies to lost fingers, but loss of toes or a portion of the foot
may be estimated in percent of the foot remaining.  Total loss of a foot 
or feet
by infants can be summarized in simple format but the ICD-9 code should
be applied.

Injuries should also be classified by cause where possible.  Loss of a limb
by scalding should be separated categorically from limbs lost because of
entrapment under debris necessitating removal.  It is no longer necessary
to state whether the entrapped limb was chopped off or sawed away.

All photographs should be submitted in .jpg format.  Note that the agency
no longer accepts graphics in .gif or .cng format.  The .tif format is 
acceptable
in special cases where detailed representation of lesions is appropriate.

As always, loss of military personnel is tallied as hostile, friendly, 
and "not sure"
according to Army cannon fodder guidelines.



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