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  • October 2008

    • Latest US Strike Kills 12 in Pakistan Border Region

      BBC  |  Oct 3, 08 6:42 PM CDT

      Latest US Strike Kills 12 in Pakistan Border Region

      (Newser) - Another US airstrike today killed at least 12 people in the Pakistani province of North Waziristan, sources tell the BBC, backing off original estimates of 20 casualties. “Most were foreigners,” an official told AFP, and nine are suspected of having been Islamic militants. Taliban fighters use the area for raids into neighboring Afghanistan, and US forays across the border have raised tensions with Pakistan. More »

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      Pakistan  • Taliban  • airstrike

  • September 2008

    • Gates Apologizes for Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

      Associated Press  |  Sep 17, 08 12:43 PM CDT

      Gates Apologizes for Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan

      (Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Afghanistan today, apologized for recent civilian casualties from military operations, the AP reports. While the US strives for precision in airstrikes against Taliban insurgents, “it is clear that we have to work even harder,” Gates said—even as the coalition commander said the reliance on air power was due to an inadequate force on the ground. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Robert Gates  • Hamid Karzai  • civilian casualties  • airstrike  • apology

    • US Opens Probe in Deadly Afghan Strike

      New York Times  |  Sep 8, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      US Opens Probe in Deadly Afghan Strike

      (Newser) - Two weeks after it launched a major airstrike in Azizabad, the American military is still insisting that only 5 to 7 civilians died in the raid. But the villagers, the Afghan government, the UN and human rights groups all say that the civilian death toll was much higher—that more than 90 Afghans were killed, mostly women and children. Yesterday, the senior American commander in Afghanistan launched an investigation into the massacre. More »

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      Afghanistan  • US military  • civilian casualties  • airstrike  • massacre

  • August 2008

    • Russia Brushes Off Calls for Cease-Fire

      Reuters  |  Aug 9, 08 12:27 PM CDT

      Russia Brushes Off Calls for Cease-Fire

      (Newser) - Georgia called for a cease-fire today, as Russia sent bombers deeper into the country, but Russia said it would not stop until Georgia had withdrawn from South Ossetia. George Bush made his own call to Dmitry Medvedev, saying that the strikes “mark a dangerous escalation in the crisis,” and urging a cease-fire. Russia estimates that 2,000 civilians have been killed. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • Dmitry Medvedev  • South Ossetia  • airstrike  • Abkhazia

    • Russia Takes Breakaway Capital in Georgian Fighting

      Reuters  |  Aug 9, 08 5:55 AM CDT

      Russia Takes Breakaway Capital in Georgian Fighting

      (Newser) - Russia claims to have taken control of South Ossetia’s capital today, after Georgian troops flowed into the breakaway enclave yesterday in an effort to reclaim the region. Seeking to “force the Georgian side to peace,” Russia has expanded its counterattack further into Georgia. Russia puts the death toll at 1,500, with some 30,000 from South Ossetia fleeing to Russia, Reuters reports. More »

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      Russia  • Georgia  • Dmitry Medvedev  • South Ossetia  • airstrike  • invasion

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