The media is buzzing in anticipation of the impending launch of Operation Moshtarak in Marja, Afghanistan. It will be the biggest military operation of the war so far, and, in many ways, the first fruit of President Obama’s repeated choices to add more troops and firepower to the mess that is the Afghanistan war. Marja [...]
Posts Tagged ‘air strikes’
Fallujah, New Orleans and Marja
Posted: February 8, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, air strikes, airstrikes, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Fallujah, Larry Nicholson, Marja, New Orleans, Obama, Operation Moshtarak, war in Afghanistan
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A 6-Month-Old Blog Post is Burning Up My Comment Feed
Posted: December 16, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: air strikes, airstrikes, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, drones
You might as well join in.
New York Times Again Ignores Civilian Toll of Drone Strikes in Pakistan
Posted: July 8, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: air strikes, airstrikes, civilian casualties, drones, New York Times, Pakistan, Pir Zubair Shah, Salman Masood
The New York Times again referenced the utility of drone strikes in Pakistan when they “avoid civilian casualties” while failing to mention that the overwhelming majority of people killed by U.S. drones in that country are civilians. Again, from a piece by Salman Masood with Pir Zubair Shah contributing: Publicly, Pakistani officials have been critical [...]
NYT Report Propagandizes for Drones, Ignores Civilian Killings
Posted: July 7, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: air strikes, airstrikes, civilian casualties, drones, New York Times, Pakistan, Pir Zubair Shah, Salman Masood
The story in today’s New York Times by Salman Masood and Pir Zubair Shah on the latest drone strike in Pakistan whitewashes the killing of children and tribal elders in an earlier airstrike: “The increased aerial strikes come as Pakistani military is gearing up for an ambitious offensive against Mr. Mehsud and his fighters, who [...]
Epic Failure of “Smart Bomb” Hype in Afghanistan
Posted: March 2, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, air strikes, airstrikes, Christianity, civilian casualties, hauerwas, just war, just war theory, nonviolence, smart bombs
This morning, AP published a story featuring Red Cross officials expressing anxiety about the escalating Afghanistan conflict: ”The daily lives of people living in areas where the fighting is taking place are being disrupted, be it because of airstrikes, night raids, suicide attacks, the use of IEDs, or because of intimidation and the population being [...]
