Category Archives: Civilian deaths

Can Donald Trump really believe this slaughter will “make America great again”?

Posted on October 10, 2017 by

Britain’s special friend: NATO Watch’s grim update of US ‘defence’ developments The emphasis on air power by the Trump administration has led to an unprecedented 20,650 bombs being dropped on seven countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria) during his … Continue reading →

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Lest we forget: yesterday alone, 44 airstrikes were conducted by US-led coalition military forces

Posted on September 29, 2017 by

Airwars is a collaborative, not-for-personal-profit project tracking and archiving the international air war against so-called Islamic State and other groups in Iraq, Syria and Libya. As nine Coalition nations are bombing in Syria alone – along with the air forces … Continue reading →

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Despite international condemnation, our ‘special friend’ continues to bomb civilians in fearful, hungry and cholera-ridden Yemen

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

On 6th August the Real Progressive Front reported that Saudi Arabia and its allies, neglecting all reports and admonitions, have killed 9 family members, including 4 children, at home by ‘haphazard’ coalition airstrikes. Reports indicate that the strikes targeted a residential … Continue reading →

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‘Friendly fire’: US Airstrike Hits Afghan police officers & MSF appeals for protection

Posted on July 22, 2017 by

On July 21st, the New York Times reported that an American airstrike in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand has killed several members of the Afghan security forces. The police have been struggling since 2014 as the resurgent Taliban militants have regained territory in … Continue reading →

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War crimes: Mosul families count their dead as US airstrikes kill thousands of civilians

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

Award-winning journalist Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent of The Independent, writes from Mosul, recording accusations by local people who assert the US-led coalition has ‘massively’ overused force. They allege that the intensity of the bombardment from the air was out of … Continue reading →

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Sikander Ahmed Shah: first objective, halting drone strikes – the second, reparation

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

For years the legality of using armed drones has been challenged by individuals and organisations – as a search on this website will reveal. Another analyst, Sikander Ahmed Shah of Lahore University of Management Sciences, Department of Law and Policy reflected … Continue reading →

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Armed drones: how remote-controlled, high-tech weapons are used against the poor

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

In 2011 David Hookes explored the ethical and legal implications of the growing use of armed, unmanned planes in the ‘war against terrorism’. The rapidly increasing use of aerial robot weapons in the so-called ‘war against terrorism’ is raising many … Continue reading →

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