Posts Tagged ‘Civilians’

Cable suggests troops killed Iraqi civilians

The U.S. has another WikiLeaks headache on its hands – this time a diplomatic cable suggesting American troops brutally executed Iraqi civilians.

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Roadside bombs kill 17 civilians in Afghanistan (AP)

Afghan policemen escorts protestors during an anti Pakistan demonstration, as in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, July 2, 2011. Several hundred people demonstrated against rocket attacks that have killed an estimated 36 civilians along the eastern border with Pakistan in recent weeks. Pakistan's army has said no rounds were intentionally fired but that some may have accidentally fallen in Afghanistan in fighting with militants carrying out cross-border attacks.. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – Roadside bombs have killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan, including 13 who died when an explosion ripped through the van they were traveling in on Saturday morning, the government said.


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Libya says NATO airstrike killed 9 civilians (AP)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, June 19, 2011. The Libyan government accused NATO of bombing a residential neighborhood in the capital and killing civilians early Sunday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking nonmilitary targets. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)AP – Libya’s government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.


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Libya says 9 civilians killed in NATO airstrike (AP)

In this photo taken on a government-organized tour, members of the media and others examine the remains of a damaged residential building in Tripoli, Libya Sunday, June 19, 2011. The Libyan government accused NATO of bombing a residential neighborhood in the capital and killing civilians early Sunday, adding to its charges that the alliance is striking nonmilitary targets. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck)AP – Libya’s government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.


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Rights group: 757 civilians killed in Syria (AP)

Demonstrators rally against the Syrian regime's crackdown on protesters, outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Syrian troops backed by tanks entered several southern villages near the flashpoint city of Daraa on Tuesday, according to an activist, as the Syrian government pressed its efforts to end a nationwide uprising. Writing in Arabic on t-shirts showing the Syrian flag reads 'The people want to topple the regime'. (AP Photo/Mohammed Abu Zaid)AP – A Syrian human rights group says 757 civilians have been killed in Syria since an uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began in mid-March.


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U.S. soldiers’ ‘kill team’ killed Afghani civilians for sport: report

Rogue U.S. soldiers snipped the pinky off an Afghan teenager they’d murdered for kicks – and later used it to wage a bet while they were playing spades. That’s one of the shocking stories that appeared Monday in a new Rolling Stone magazine expose of the an alleged Army “kill team” that targeted innocent Afghan civilians for death.

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U.S. Soldier sentenced to 24 years in prison after admitting he murdered innocent Afghan civilians

U.S. soldier Jeremy Morlock was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Wednesday for the murder of Afghan civilians, after admitting he killed three innocent people in cold blood while on tour in 2010.

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