U.S. bombings in Iraq at TWICE the rate of 2006 & may contravene the Hague and Geneva

thanks to juan cole...

U.S. warplanes have stepped up attacks in Iraq, dropping bombs at more than twice the rate of a year ago.

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n the first 4 1/2 months of 2007, U.S. aircraft dropped 237 bombs and missiles in support of ground forces in Iraq, already surpassing the 229 expended in all of 2006, according to Air Force figures obtained by The Associated Press.

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At the same time, the number of civilian Iraqi casualties from U.S. airstrikes appears to have risen sharply, according to Iraq Body Count, a London-based antiwar research group that maintains a database compiling media reports on Iraq war deaths.

The rate of such reported civilian deaths appeared to climb steadily through 2006, the group reports, averaging a few a month in early 2006, hitting some 40 a month by year's end and averaging more than 50 a month so far this year.

professor cole also makes this observation...

I think it is contrary to the Hague Regulations and the Geneva Conventions for an occupying power to bomb the cities it occupies.

given that the u.s. does not see itself as subject to international law and has repudiated the geneva convention, i guess that's not really an issue...

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