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March 12, 2013

Is America Cooking Casualty Numbers?

Vijay Prashad, The Hindu

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The United States often uses exaggerated civilian casualty numbers to make a case for military intervention in strife-torn regions.

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TAGGED: Libya, Human Rights Watch, United States

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