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Politics, News & Issues > Pulitzer Center Is the accidental killing of civilians by US forces, in places like Somalia, an unavoidable part of the war on terrorism?: 23 of 93

Any war inevitably involves casualties and some of these may be civilians. The nature of modern warfare, however, has led to a drastic increase in civilian casualties. Whereas in previous eras civilians would not be present at battles and the weaponry not powerful enough to cause much collateral damage, in recent times powerful weapons and less predictable battlegrounds mean civilian casualties are on the increase. So yes accidental civilian death is unavoidable within the current paradigm of the war on terrorism but rather than simply accepting this, there is very good reason to abandon t...
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