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UN says Afghan civilian deaths jumped 40 percent (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 2/18/2009
UN says Afghan civilian deaths jumped 40 percent (AP)
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AP - The number of civilians killed in Afghanistan's worsening conflict jumped 40 percent to a new high last year, and more than half of the deaths were inflicted by Taliban insurgents and other militants, the United Nations said Tuesday.
msnbc.msn.com - 2/18/2009
U.N.: Afghan civilian deaths hit record high - Afghanistan- msnbc.com
— msnbc.msn.com — KABUL - The number of Afghan civilians killed in armed conflict surged to a record 2,118 people... last year as the Afghan war turned increasingly bloody, the U.N. said in a new report Tuesday. Insurgents were responsible for 55 percent of the deaths, ... (more) U.N.: Afghan civilian deaths hit record high - ...

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BBC NEWS | South Asia | Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths
news.bbc.co.uk - 2/17/2009
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths
— news.bbc.co.uk — A distraught Afghan woman holds images of her family members killed in August 2008 during a US... led raid (more) BBC NEWS | South Asia | Alarm over Afghan civilian deaths

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Mudville Gazette:  Re: another man's surge

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Re: another man's surge
Mudville Gazette — ... I'd bet the majority of troops would prefer to get to the end of the deployment without firing a shot. Which brings us to "but coalition soldiers will have to show restraint to avoid killing civilians". Exactly what the hell does that mean? Have unrestrained soldiers until now been killing civilians to get their barrels hot? That's certainly what it seems the author is claiming. (Maybe someone's been reading a bit too much Nick Meo.) "The U.N. announced today that civilian deaths spiked 40 percent last year." ...

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