Afghan Civilian Dead Outnumber September
11th Victims
A report
published by U.S. academic Professor Marc W. Herold
Ph.D., M.B.A., B.Sc. puts the civilian death toll in
Afghanistan at 3,767 to December 6th 2001. The report,
"A Dossier on Civilian Victims of United States'
Aerial Bombing of Afghanistan: A Comprehensive
Accounting", makes use of eye-witness accounts as
well as analysing U.S. media handling of the September 11
atrocities and events beyond this in Afghanistan.
"...the critical
element remains the very low value put upon
Afghan civilian lives by U.S. military planners
and the political elite, as clearly revealed by
U.S. willingness to bomb heavily populated
regions."
- Excerpt from Abstract of Prof. Herold's Report
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While
Western media organisations gave only scant reports of
Afghan casualties - usually prefixed with the phrase
"according to Taleban claims" - Indian and
Pakistani newspapers and television are publishing
details of civilian deaths and injuries in much greater
detail.
"The
Times of India was mentioning over 300
civilian casualties and that the US-UK bombing
action was in violation of Article 51 of the
United Nations Charter allowing the use of force
in self-defense..."
- Siddarth Varadarajan, "An Ignoble
War," Times of India [October 15,
2001].
(Excerpt from Report with Reference)
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The report can be
read in full at www.cursor.org
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