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HUFFINGTON POST | Five Years After Marla Ruzicka's Death, Are Iraqis Being Cared For?
April 14, 2010 [read article]

ABC NEWS | Pakistani Airstikes Kill 70 Civilians Instead of Militants
April 13, 2010 [read article]

WASHINGTON POST | Afghans Demand Compensation For German Raid
April 13, 2010 [read article]

ISN | Ghosts of Civilian Casualties Haunt US Forces
April 13, 2010 [read article]

WIRED | Deadly Afghan Bus Shooting Spotlights Civilian Harm
April 12, 2010 [read article]

MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS | U.S. Military Aims to Save More Civilian Lives in Afghanistan
April 9, 2010 [read article]

THE TIMES | Baghdad Families Sue US Army over Deaths in 2001 Airstrike 'Mistake'
April 8, 2010 [read article]

THE DAILY BEAST | The Price of Protecting Civilians
February 23, 2010 [read article]

LOS ANGELES TIMES | Afghan Civilian Deaths in 2009 Were Most Since Invasion, UN Says
January 14, 2010 [read article]

REUTERS | 2009 Deadliest Year for Afghan Civilians: UN
January 13, 2010 [read article]

WIRED | UN Raps Taliban for War's Massive Civilian Toll
January 13, 2010 [read article]

SUDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG | Tarife des Schrekens and Trauerbeit einer Großmacht
December 10, 2009 [read article]

THE HUFFINGTON POST | Afghan Runoff: Will it Make a Difference?
October 30, 2009 [read article]

THE NEW YORK TIMES | Wedded to Docudrama, and Each Other
August 30, 2009 [read article]

LOS ANGELES TIMES | Iraqi Teen's Dream of Returning to LA Comes True
July 13, 2009 [read article]

MILITARY TIMES | Rules for Reducing Civilian Casualties Released
July 06, 2009 [read article]

CHANNEL 4 NEWS | 'Ad Hoc Claims System Needs Overhaul'
July 1, 2009 [read article]

CHANNEL 4 NEWS | Victims' Cash: NATO Countries Compared
July 1, 2009 [read article]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | New US Battle Rule: No Fighting Near Afghan Homes
June 22, 2009 [read article]

THE WASHINGTON TIMES | U.S. Prepares Sri Lanka Relief Effort
April 22, 2009 [read article] 

THE HUFFINGTON POST | Breaking the Silence and Bearing Witness: The Wages of the Afghanistan War
April 7, 2009 [read article]

RELIEF WEB - REUTERS | Afghanistan: NATO leaders urged to investigate and provide compensation for civilian casualties
April 2, 2009 [read article]

THE BOSTON GLOBE | As 6th Anniversary of Iraq War Nears, Civilian Toll is Elusive
By Kim Gamel
March 8, 2009 [view article]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | US Finds 13 Afghans Died in Afghanistan Strike
By Jason Straziuso
February 21, 2009 [view article]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | UN: Afghan Deaths Rose 40% in 2008
By Jason Straziuso
February 17, 2009 [view article] 

JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY | Pakistan cries foul over incursion as coalition disputes casualty claims
By Nathan Hodge
September 5, 2008 [view article]

HASHT-E-SOBH (Afghanistan) | Letter to the editor
By Sarah Holewinski
September 2008 [view original article] [view translation]