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

[PaigetheRage]

This does not belong on graduates at s.psych. Please refrain from sending political
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P.

On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, 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.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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