Human Rights Watch estimates that between 489 and 528 Yugoslav civilians were killed during Operation Allied Force.
In at least 7 of these incidents (I don’t know if there is a more precise way to translate ‘incidents’) fragmentation bombs were used.
According to Costs of War 46,319 civilians are reported to have died as a direct result of war operations conducted between 2001 and 2021 in Afghanistan.
In 2010, WikiLeaks disclosed confidential US Department of Defence documents concerning the war and occupation of Iraq between 2004 and 2009. These documents count 66,081 civilian casualties out of a total of 109,000.
I dwell on this data for obvious reasons, I think. These are conflicts, or at least military operations, in which we were directly involved and, moreover, in the capacity of aggressors.
I am unable to say whether there are substantial differences, in the way military operations are conducted when civilians are at risk, between the democratic West and autocracies. I would like the answer to be yes, but I am afraid it is no.
Machine translation from Italian with DeepL.
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Christmas 2023
Hoping for a less alarming future, I propose a festive ‘suitably’ decorated Christmas tree.
God’s armies
Illustration of flying crosses, not recommended for believers.
Veils
A series of images containing drapes and transparencies.
Beached
At the time of writing I am still making pictures that are part of this series. Perhaps I will include them here in the near future.
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