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

[Carl G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss]

We're not Radicals, asking you to stop killing people.
We just want you to tell us, in detail, how you're doing it.


On Nov 12, 2014, at 5:33 PM, E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 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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