01/08/2009
Australian troops probed over Afghan civilian deaths (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Allegations that Australian soldiers caused civilian casualties during fighting in Afghanistan are being formally investigated, the government said Thursday.
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01/07/2009
Canada blames Hamas for civilian casualties in Gaza (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Canadian government on Wednesday blamed Hamas for civilian casualties in Gaza, including 40 at a school bombarded by the Israeli military the previous day saying Hamas provoked the attack.
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01/08/2009
Civil liberties group criticizes police data on civilian complaints in Newark, NJ (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
NEWARK, N.J. - The American Civil Liberties Union is calling for an outside auditor to review civilian complaints against the Newark Police Department, which the group said are underreported.
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01/09/2009
Israel 'shelled civilian shelter' (BBC News)
Israeli soldiers shelled a Gaza house they had moved 110 Palestinians into, killing 30, the UN quotes witnesses as saying.
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01/07/2009
Ground war in Gaza drives up civilian casualties (AP via Yahoo! News)
The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas taking cover among civilians.
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01/08/2009
Volunteer soldiers fired from civilian jobs (The Copenhagen Post)
A number of recruits in the Home Guard lost their civilian jobs when they accepted a voluntary three-month posting to Afghanistan. The Army Private and Corporal Association (HKKF) is now seeking to take a compensation case to court on behalf of one of the soldiers.
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01/09/2009
Obama to finalize national security team Friday (AP via Yahoo! News)
President-elect Barack Obama is completing his national security team by announcing his unusual choices for CIA director and a national intelligence director who may face tough Senate confirmation questioning over how he confronted the Indonesian military when civilian massacres were occurring in East Timor.
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01/07/2009
Civilian Casualties Factor Into War Decisions (NPR)
The fighting in Gaza has killed more than 600 Palestinians — many of them civilians. Col. Jim Hellis is chairman of the U.S. Army War College's department of national security and strategy. He talks with Ari Shapiro about how the U.S. military factors in civilian casualties when assessing war strategy. Hellis says it's a balance among legal, ethical and political concerns.
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01/09/2009
Gaza 'human shields' criticised (BBC News)
A rights groups accuses Israel and Hamas of endangering civilian lives in the conflict in Gaza, including the use of "human shields".
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01/07/2009
Ground war in Gaza drives up civilian casualties (Boston Herald)
JERUSALEM - The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible...
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