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

[E. W. Johnson via Peace-discuss]

Re-member the Maimed.

On 11/13/2014 08:02 AM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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