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      Relatives and neighbors of the Ahmadi family gathered around the incinerated husk of a vehicle hit by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul

      'Yeah, Right': Pentagon Report Claiming US Military Killed Just 12 Civilians Last Year Met With Skepticism

      "Once again the confirmed civilian casualty count is below what communities on the ground are reporting," lamented Emily Tripp, director of the monitor group Airwars.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 28, 2022

      An annual report published Tuesday by the Pentagon claiming that the U.S. military only killed 12 noncombatants last year was met with skepticism by civilian casualty monitors, who perennially accuse the United States of undercounting the people killed by its bombs and bullets.

      "They were targeting people. It was intentional."

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      Peace Activist Interrupts General Dynamics Shareholder Meeting to Blast the Business of War

      Peace Activist Interrupts General Dynamics Shareholder Meeting to Blast the Business of War

      CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin took CEO Phebe Novakovic to task for "personally making $21 million a year through a business model that thrives on conflict, death, and destruction."

      Brett Wilkins
      May 06, 2021

      Anti-war activism met corporate gaslighting Wednesday as General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic refused to acknowledge the deadly consequences of her firm's arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other nations after CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin interrupted a company shareholder meeting.

      "If you have a model... where you need wars in order to make money, I think there's something fundamentally wrong with the company and you ought to have some more moral reflection about how you earn your billions of dollars."
      --Medea Benjamin, CodePink

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      Report Blames Trump Admin for 330% Rise in Afghan Civilian Casualties

      Report Blames Trump Admin for 330% Rise in Afghan Civilian Casualties

      "In 2019 airstrikes killed 700 civilians—more civilians than in any other year since the beginning of the war in 2001 and 2002."

      Brett Wilkins
      Dec 06, 2020

      The Trump administration's 2017 decision to loosen military rules of engagement meant to protect civilians was followed by a sharp increase in civilian deaths, a report released on Monday revealed.

      "Some of this harm could be avoided by tighter rules of engagement, as well as better training. A negotiated ceasefire might also yield results at the bargaining table and at the same time avoid escalating harm to Afghan civilians from airstrikes."
      --Neta C. Crawford,
      Costs of War Project

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