Military officials say that civilian casualties in Marjah, Afghanistan are “inevitable” as U.S. and allied forces launch Operation Moshtarak, the largest military action since the U.S-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Thanks in part to conflicting messages from ISAF and in part due to some residents’ inability to flee, many civilians remain in Marjah, in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘civilian deaths’
Civilian Casualties in Marjah “Inevitable” as Largest Military Operation of Afghanistan War Begins
Posted: February 10, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan war, airstrikes, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Helmand, Larry Nicholson, Marjah, Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, war in Afghanistan
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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
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 [...]
Reported Killing of Children Haunts Foreign Forces as Protests Erupt Across Afghanistan
Posted: January 7, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Afghanistan protests, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Ghazi Khan, ISAF, Jalalabad, Kabul, Mehtar Lam, NATO, Rethink Afghanitan
The Associated Press reports that roughly 5,000 Afghans today protested foreign forces on a road between Kabul and Jalalabad, shouting “Death to America!” and “Death to Obama!” after another group of children died in an explosion on Wednesday. KABUL (AP) — Thousands of Afghans shouting ”Death to America!” protested the killings of children Thursday, the [...]
Dear New York Times: When Eight Children (Not Men) Get Executed by Foreign Forces, “Karzai vs. U.S.” Is Not the Story
Posted: January 4, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Rethink Afghanistan
Alissa J. Rubin’s and Abdul Waheed Wafa’s story on the reported execution of eight Afghan boys demonstrates journalistic incompetence or intentional propaganda tactics in the lede: KABUL, Afghanistan — The killing of at least nine men in a remote valley of eastern Afghanistan by a joint operation of Afghan and American forces put President Hamid [...]
Civilian Deaths Increase in Afghanistan, Again
Posted: December 29, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Rethink Afghanistan, UNAMA, United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan
Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. The views expressed are his own. Sign our CREDO petition to reject escalation in Afghanistan & join Brave New Foundation’s #NoWar candlelight vigil on Facebook and Twitter. But make these your first steps as an activist to end this war, not [...]
NATO Airstrike Kills Another Three Civilians
Posted: December 18, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, Helmand, ISAF, Kandahar, NATO, Operation Khanjar, Rethink Afghanistan, Taliban, war in Afghanistan
AFP reports that a NATO airstrike from a helicopter gunship killed three civilian men and wounded a woman in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) press release claims the helicopter crew fired at men placing IEDs next to the road and afterwards “discovered civilians in a car adjacent to the IED site.” [...]
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
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Contemplation of Drone Strikes in Quetta Belies Obama’s Claim of Just War
Posted: December 14, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, Andrew Exum, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, David Kilcullen, drones, Katherine Tiedemann, Peter Bergen, Quetta, Quetta Shura, Rethink Afghanistan, Union Square
Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. The views expressed are his own. Sign our CREDO petition to reject escalation in Afghanistan & join Brave New Foundation’s #NoWar candlelight vigil on Facebook and Twitter. But make these your first steps as an activist to end this war, not [...]
IED Deaths Make October Deadliest Month for U.S. Forces Since Beginning of War in Afghanistan
Posted: October 28, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, casualties, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, IEDs, improvised explosive devices, Rethink Afghanistan, troop deaths
Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. Learn how the war in Afghanistan undermines U.S. security: watch Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six), & visit http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. Yesterday, October officially became the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Afghanistan since the war began. The death toll was pushed over that grim marker by improvised [...]
John Nagl and Richard Fontaine, Hand-Waving
Posted: October 12, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, civilian casualties, civilian deaths, COIN, counterinsurgency, ethnic cleansing, insurgency, Iraq, John Nagl, Rethink Afghanistan, Richard Fontaine
Note: Derrick Crowe is the Afghanistan blog fellow for Brave New Foundation / The Seminal. Learn how the war in Afghanistan undermines U.S. security: watch Rethink Afghanistan (Part Six), & visit http://rethinkafghanistan.com/blog. Supporters of a deep investment of American blood and treasure in a long, costly and difficult counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign in Afghanistan have the [...]
