1.15 targeting civilians
Dallas Morning News AP Story Lies About US Inflicted Deaths in Afghanistan
Posted August 12th, 2009 by sdiener- 1.01 wars between states
- 1.02 civil wars
- 1.12 military rebel movements
- 1.14 laws of war, war crimes, crimes against humanity
- 1.15 targeting civilians
- 5.02.08 countering media bias
- 8.01 nonfiction writing
- Afghanistan
- airstrikes
- Associated Press
- civilian casualties
- Europe
- media criticism
- NATO
- propaganda
- United Nations
- United States
In an AP story posted on the Dallas Morning News Site, "Soldier, civilian deaths from bombs soar in Afghanistan" posted on 12:00 am CDT on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, the paper (or the news-service) claimed that, "A recent U.N. report said at least 1,013 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year by insurgents bombs, compared with 818 for the same period in 2008 – a 24 percent increase."
On Femicide in Pittsburgh: End Men's Violence
Posted August 5th, 2009 by sdiener- 1.15 targeting civilians
- 5.02.09 countering xenophobia, racism, anti-immigrant bias
- 5.07.01 women's organizing
- 5.07.03 countering male domination and patriarchy
- 5.07.04 ending men's violence
- 5.07.10 pro-feminism
- 5.08.01 countering homophobia and heterosexism
- 5.08.06 homophobia as a root of violence and militarism
- Andrea Dworkin
- Brazil
- Canada
- femicide
- Jonesboro massacre
- Pittsburgh massacre
- United States
How many massacres perpetrated by men against women will it take before we as a society, especially those of us who are men, work seriously to end men's violence?
Last night, news reports indicate that George Sodini murdered at least three women (Elizabeth Gannon, Heidi Overmier and Jody Billingsley) and injured nine other women at a fitness club near Pittsburgh, PA before shooting himself.
