The latest bombing brings the death toll from US boat strikes to 125 since September, raising human rights concerns.


Allison Griner is an editor for XEn News and a freelance foreign correspondent from Jacksonville, Florida.
The latest bombing brings the death toll from US boat strikes to 125 since September, raising human rights concerns.

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