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Civilian Casualities

World

US Airstrikes Have Torn Somali Families Apart. They’re Still Seeking Justice.

The U.S. military openly admitted to killing Somali civilians but won’t return their emails or issue reparations.

Amanda Sperber Vice Jul 2021 15min Permalink

Inside the U.S. military's raid against its own security guards that left dozens of Afghan children dead.

In Aug. 2008, the U.S. military called in an airstrike on its own security guards in Afghanistan. Dozens of children were killed.

Brett Murphy USA Today Jan 2020 40min Permalink

Saving Lives With Tech Amid Syria’s Endless Civil War

The Bashar al-Assad regime’s indiscriminate air strikes have terrorized civilians for years. Now a small band of activist-entrepreneurs is building a sensor network that listens for warplanes and warns people when and where the bombs will fall.

Danny Gold Wired Aug 2018 15min Permalink