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BREAKING NEWS
GAZA:  HUMAN COSTS OF FIGHTING TOO GREAT
War victim advocates call on all warring parties to avoid civilians

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CIVIC's Presidential Recommendations Make New York Times/WIRED

In Washington on Wednesday, the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict, an advocacy group, urged President-elect Obama to appoint a senior Pentagon official to oversee policies to help avoid civilian casualties.
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9/16/08 -- PRESS RELEASE: AFGHANISTAN: New Civilian Death Count Indicates Unrecognized Suffering [read]

CIVIC is a Washington-based organization founded by the late Marla Ruzicka, a passionate humanitarian killed by a suicide bomb in Baghdad while advocating for war victims in Iraq. CIVIC believes that civilians injured and the families of those killed should be recognized and aided by the warring parties involved, and is working toward smart, compassionate policies for civilians caught in the crossfire of conflict.
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