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Joe R. Golowka
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Earth, Sol System, Milky Way
Jul 2001
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Summary:3,500 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan by U.S. Bombs. University of New Hampshire Economics Professor Releases Study of Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Monday Morning on Democracy Now! Radio/TV Show
At least 3500 Afghani Civilians KIlled by US Bombs!
DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE - December 10 - More than 3,500 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan by U.S. bombs, according to a study to be released December 10 by Marc W. Herold, Professor of Economics, International Relations, and Women's Studies at the University of New Hampshire. Professor Herold will announce his findings on Monday, December 10 in a discussion with award-winning journalist, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! in Exile's War and Peace Report http://www.democracynow.org
**Link to the DN! Radio Report: http://stream.realimpact.org/rihurl...1210.ra&start=\"9:53.7\"
Professor Herold has been gathering data on civilian casualties since October 7 by culling information from news agencies, major newspapers, and first-hand
accounts. "I decided to do the study because I suspected that the modern weaponrywas not what it was advertised to be. I was concerned that there
would be significant civilian casualties caused by the bombing, and I was able to find some mention of casualties in the foreign press but almost nothing in the U.S. press," said Herold.
Herold's data is available at: http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold/ (On MS Excel spread sheet format) or
MS Word Format: http://www.democracynow.org/thndtrmb.doc
For each day since October 7, when the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan began, he lists the number of casualties, location, type of weapon used, and source(s)
of information. Following are several examples from his daily calculations:
* On October 11, two U.S. jets bombed the mountain village of Karam, comprised of 60 mud houses, during dinner and evening prayer time, killing
100-160 people. Sources: DAWN, (English language Pakistani daily newspaper), the Guardian of London, the Independent, International Herald Tribune, the
Scotsman, the Observer, and the BBC News.
* On October 13, in the early morning, an F-18 dropped 2,000 lb. JDAM bombs on the Qila Meer Abas neighborhood, 2 kms. South of the Kabul airport,
killing four people. Sources: Afghan Islamic Press, Los Angeles Times, Frontier Post, Pakistan Observer, the Guardian of London, and the BBC News.
* On October 31, in a pre-dawn raid, an F-18 dropped a 2,000 lb. JDAM bomb on a Red Crescent clinic, killing 15 - 25 people. Sources: DAWN, the Times of London, the Independent, the Guardian, Reuters, Associated Press, and Agence France Presse.
Professor Herold has sought whenever possible to cross-corroborate accounts of civilian casualties. He relied upon British, Canadian, and Australian
newspapers; Indian newspapers, especially The Times of India; three Pakistani daily newspapers; the Singapore News; Afghan Islamic Press; Agence France
Press; Pakistan News Service; Reuters; BBC News Online; Al Jazeera; and a variety of other reputable sources, including the United Nations and other
relief agencies.
The Pentagon has repeatedly denied reports of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, and most U.S. media outlets have qualified their reports of casualties with the statement "could not be independently confirmed." But Professor Herold has been able to confirm the number of casualties and has found that the number is climbing toward 4,000. "People have to know that there is a human cost to war, and that this is a war with thousands of casualties," said Herold. "These were poor people to begin with, and, on top of that, they had absolutely nothing to do with the events of September 11."
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RUFFHAUS 8
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The Old Dominion
Jan 2000
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Payback's a b!tch, ain't it?
Last edited by RUFFHAUS 8 on 12-12-2001 at 01:38
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drake
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Maine, US
Oct 2000
time: 00:16
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quote:
the number of dead americans isnt verified either, since the number is still dropping. it started at 6500, now it's already at 3000. |
And you don't think this leftist, obviously anti-US website might be exaggerating a tad too mark?
I'm sure civilians died, and it sucks. It does. But this site referenced, suggests civilians were directly targeted. Which is utter crap.
If taliban set up shop within civilian populations, and did nothing to evacuate the civilians in surrounding areas, who really is to blame? The evacuation of civilian populations in areas that are potential targets is the common sense thing to do, wouldn't you think?
This war was a war that needed to be fought, one way or another, by us, britain or whoever. And no matter who conducted the lead strikes, there would have been civilian casualties. It is my guess, that since US military technology is the most sophisticated in the world, that it did better at minimizing civilian deaths than any other country could have. What do you think?
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