Underreported Conflict Deaths

Believe it or not, there are actually other things going on the world besides the War on Terra and the "Extremely Dangerous Cold Weather":

Local militias killed at least 18 migrants in Ivory Coast last week.

10 died and at least 13 were wounded in Kashmir violence yesterday.

Rebels in Chechnya killed 11 Russian soldiers today.

18 were killed in three separate massacres in Colombia last Thursday. The attacks were blamed on rebels. 2 FARC rebels were killed last Friday, while 5 were killed and 5 wounded in an attack in a bar yesterday.

The army killed 23 Lord's Resistance Army rebels in Uganda last Friday and at least 16 cattle thiefs in a gunbattle on Monday.

Rebels claim bombing campaign killed 45 in Sudan on Monday.

At least 21 died Monday in an inter-clan dispute over grazing rights in Somalia.

At least 7 killed in firefights in Liberia today.

6 Aceh rebels killed in last two days in Indonesia, 4 killed last Friday.

3 rebels and 4 soldiers killed Saturday in a rebel attack on a power plant in the Philippines. 4 killed and 3 injured in bomb attack on karaoke bar in the Philippines Saturday.

11 killed Monday in Burundi.

22 killed since Friday in ethnic fighting in Nigeria.

2 killed and 35 wounded in Bangladesh bombing.

57 killed in recent fighting in SW Ethiopia.

17 Maoist rebels and 4 policemen killed in the last two days in separate incidents in Nepal. Also, 10 rebels and 2 policemen killed in clashes over the weekend.

Posted by flow Frazao on January 15, 2004 at 10:47 AM | Permalink