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Wikileaks Unloads 400,000 Documents on Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2010 The release of some 400,000 classified military documents on the Iraq War has led the U.N. to call on the Obama administration to investigate American troops' human rights abuses. Leaked documents tying British forces to possible war crimes sparked a demand for a public inquiry in the U.K. as well. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Taliban Demand Civilian Casualties Committee

Staff / Truthdig Aug 18, 2010 Responding to a UN report that found that most of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan are caused by Taliban attacks, the insurgent group released a statement calling for the creation of a joint committee to investigate the deaths of noncombatants The U and NATO are considering the proposal (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

WikiLeaks Reveals 6 Years of Afghanistan War Secrets

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2010 The whistle-blower website just dropped 91,000 secret documents, which were simultaneously published by The New York Times, The Guardian and Der Spiegel There are many revelations and more to come, but we already know that NATO forces appear to be responsible for hundreds of unclaimed civilian deaths and injuries continued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Official Seeks More Clarity on Civilian Deaths

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2009 U.N. rapporteur Philip Alston called for greater disclosure and accountability for the number of civilian deaths caused by the U.S. in its overseas conflicts. He expressed "strong concern at the continuing problem of preventable civilian casualties” and demanded "real accountability based on credible independent investigations." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: U.S. Marine Unit Killed Hundreds of Afghan Civilians

Staff / Truthdig May 17, 2009 The Independent reported Saturday that a single group of American troops, the U.S. Marines Corps' Special Operations Command, otherwise known as MarSOC -- a creation of one Donald Rumsfeld -- was responsible for "at least three of Afghanistan's worst civilian casualty incidents" to date. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Becoming What We Seek to Destroy

Chris Hedges / Truthdig May 11, 2009 The bodies of dozens, perhaps well over a hundred, women, children and men, their corpses blown into bits of human flesh by iron fragmentation bombs dropped by U.S. warplanes in a village in the western province of Farah, illustrates the futility of the Afghan war. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

U.S. Military Investigating Afghan Casualty Claims

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2009 Up to 70 civilians were reportedly killed in the Farah province of Afghanistan in a battle between Taliban insurgents and coalition forces on Tuesday, adding friction to already tense relations between the U.S. and Afghan governments. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gates Sorry, Continues Dropping Bombs

Staff / Truthdig Sep 17, 2008 It seems that "personal regret" is deemed sufficient to exculpate the U.S military after the deaths of civilians in U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan. Defense Secretary Gates offered his hollow apologies and promised more accurate targeting in future attacks. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.S. Keeps Bombing Weddings

Staff / Truthdig Jul 15, 2008 Apparently, the Bush administration is also against straight marriage -- if you live in the desert under U.S. military occupation. Tom Engelhardt details seven years of wedding crashing in Afganistan and Iraq, and the notable lack of remorse on the part of the Pentagon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

British Gov’t Set to Scrap Cluster Bombs

Staff / Truthdig May 28, 2008 The U.K. is moving toward getting rid of all cluster bombs in its armory in keeping with growing international efforts to ban the bombs, which spread miniature "bomblets" and have caused many civilian deaths around the world. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq Vets Break Silence on Devastating Realities of War

Staff / Truthdig Jul 12, 2007 Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges teamed up with Laila Al-Arian for The Nation's shocking report "The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness," in which American vets describe, in graphic detail that will challenge even the least fainthearted readers, "the disparity between the reality of the war and how it is portrayed by the US government and American media." Dig deeper ( 53 Min. Read )