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The 42 pages that link to Civilian casualties, each with the reason it gives.
CounterinsurgencyRelated: Civilian harm can undermine cooperation and the political credibility of a campaign.
Strategic bombing during World War IIRelated: Urban raids killed civilians on a vast scale, making their protection a central moral issue.
Close air supportRelated: Civilian harm can result from attacks near populated areas and carries legal and political consequences.
Rules of engagementRelated: Engagement decisions directly affect the risk of civilian harm.
ArtilleryRelated: Long-range bombardment can affect populated areas far from the front line.
Civil warRelated: Civilian harm is a central human cost of fighting inside populated communities.
Total warRelated: Expanded targeting and exposure to combat make civilian harm a central consequence.
Military aviationRelated: Air attacks have repeatedly raised questions about civilian harm, distinction, and proportionality.
War correspondentRelated: Documenting civilian harm can bring otherwise obscured consequences of military action into public view.
WarRelated: Civilian harm is a central human cost and a focus of legal limits on warfare.
Air powerRelated: Air attacks can impose severe human costs, especially in populated areas.
Air defenseRelated: Interception failures and falling debris can expose civilians to harm even when defenses engage.
Improvised explosive deviceRelated: Explosive attacks in populated areas can impose severe costs on civilians.
Military interventionRelated: Military action can harm civilians even when protecting them is a stated aim.
Precision bombingRelated: Civilian harm remains possible even when a weapon reaches its intended aim point.
Unexploded ordnanceRelated: Accidental contact with unexploded ordnance can cause civilian deaths and injuries.
Asymmetric warfareRelated: Violence among civilians can shape public support, legitimacy, and the political costs of a campaign.
Drone warfareRelated: Drone strikes can kill civilians, making casualty estimates and reporting consequential.
Targeted killingRelated: Misidentification and attack effects can harm civilians near an intended target.
Cluster munitionRelated: Submunitions and their unexploded remnants have caused civilian deaths and injuries.
Explosive remnants of warRelated: Civilians may be injured or killed by remnants long after hostilities end.
Private military companyRelated: Contractor use of force can expose civilians to harm and trigger disputes over responsibility.
William Tecumseh ShermanRelated: Sherman’s operations raise questions about the human cost of attacking infrastructure and disrupting civilian life.
Arms tradeRelated: The use of exported weapons can produce direct harm to civilians.
Close-quarters combatRelated: Confined urban settings can place civilians near combatants and weapons.
Urban guerrilla warfareRelated: Attacks in populated areas create immediate risks to people outside the armed groups.
Artillery preparationRelated: Bombardment near populated areas can cause civilian casualties alongside its military effects.
Explosively formed penetratorRelated: Use of explosive weapons near populated areas can create severe civilian risks.
Multiple rocket launcherRelated: Unguided salvos and wide-area munitions can endanger civilians near intended targets.
Aerial warfareRelated: Air attacks can cause civilian harm even when military targets are intended.
Black JanuaryRelated: The deaths of more than 100 civilians define the human cost of the Baku crackdown.
Iran–Israel proxy conflictRelated: Strikes and cross-border fire expose civilians in Lebanon, Israel, Syria, and elsewhere to harm.
Thermobaric weaponRelated: Use in populated areas raises acute concerns about foreseeable civilian harm.
Irregular warfareRelated: Civilian harm can undermine legitimacy and change local support for the parties.
War studiesRelated: Their measurement exposes the human costs and policy consequences of military operations.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan warRelated: Civilian casualties are a central measure of the war's human cost.
2026 Iran warRelated: Civilian harm is a central measure of the war’s human cost.
Agacher Strip WarRelated: Civilians bore a substantial human cost during the brief conflict.