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Soft targets or Innocent Families?
Jul 27 2008, Madhuri Katti

Soft targets. Civilians. Thats how they are known after any terrorists attacks or civil wars or any violent conflicts. But the bottom line is they were families with men,women, children, grandparents; struggling for a livelihood with their happy...

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