Civilian casualties in Afghanistan

Wartime estimates of Iraqi civilian casualties

Challenges exist when making reliable and valid estimates of civilian mortality due to war. This article first discusses a framework used to examine war’s impact on civilians and then considers challenges common to each statistical approach taken to estimate civilian casualties. It examines the different approaches that have been used to estimate civilian casualties associated with the recent f...

The war in Iraq: civilian casualties, political responsibilities.

Malaria chemoprophylaxis in British casualties returning from Afghanistan.

Introduction British military personnel deploying on OP HERRICK to Afghanistan are exposed to a seasonal malaria risk from May to November (1). In accordance with current policy, all ranks are prescribed Anti-Malarial Chemoprophylaxis (AMC) and instructed to take it (2). All AMC regimes require continuation for a period after possible exposure. Therefore, personnel requiring medical evacuation ...

Battlefield casualties treated at Camp Rhino, Afghanistan: lessons learned.

BACKGROUND Operation Enduring Freedom is an effort to combat terrorism after an attack on the United States. The first large-scale troop movement (> 1,300) was made by the U.S. Marines into the country of Afghanistan by establishing Camp Rhino. METHODS Data were entered into a personal computer at Camp Rhino, using combat casualty collecting software. RESULTS Surgical support at Camp Rhino ...

How Citizens Respond to Combat Casualties The DifferenTial impacT of local casualTies on supporT for The War in afghanisTan

scholars have long analyzed the influence of combat casualties on public support for war. however, the mechanisms through which casualties—particularly local casualties—affect wartime opinion formation have received much less attention. We employ a novel survey experiment to test three mechanisms that might explain previously observed cleavages in war support between residents of highand low-ca...