[lbo-talk] US & NATO kill more civilians than the Taliban

[Michael Pollak]

according to several independent studies:

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fg-civilian6jul06,1,2205680,full.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage

The stat is even more striking when you consider that historically, the 
general practice in counterinsurgency has to claim everyone you kill is an 
insurgent until proven otherwise.

Michael