[Peace] Re: afghan civilians killed -- from the BBC:

[Donald Talleur]

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Don Talleur

AAES- Aviation Human Factors Division




At 11:08 AM 11/2/01 -0600, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
>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.