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The book emphasizes human impact on noncombatants across key operational contexts such as convoys, checkpoints, raids, and detentions, and discusses efforts framed as “hearts and minds.” With a documented methodology and an included index, it foregrounds testimony, institutional responsibility, and the erosion of trust amid corruption and abuse concerns. ","“[A] disturbing but well-written book about the damages of war that journalists don’t usually cover.”—Deseret News  \nCOLLATERAL DAMAGE  \nA M E R I CA’ S WA R  \nAGA I NST I RAQ I C IV I L IA NS  \nCHRIS HEDGES  \n★  \nLAILA AL-ARIAN  \nCollateral Damage  \nALSO BY CHRIS HEDGES  \nWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning What Every Person Should Know About War Losing Moses on the Freeway:  \nThe 10 Commandments in America  \nAmerican Fascists:  \nThe Christian Right and the War on America I Don’t Believe in Atheists  \nCollateral Damage  \nAMERICA’S WAR AGAINST IRAQI CIVILIANS  \n• • •  \nChris Hedgesand Laila Al-Arian  \nPhotographs by Eugene Richards  \nCopyright © 2008 by Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian Hardcover edition first published in 2008 by Nation Books A Member of the Perseus Books Group  \n116 East 16th Street, 8th Floor  \nNew York, NY 10003  \nPaperback edition first published in 2009 by Nation Books  \nNation Books is a co-publishing venture of The Nation Institute and the Perseus Books Group.  \nAll rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.  \nNo part of this book maybe reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address the Perseus Books Group, 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016-8810.  \nBooks published by Nation Books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the United States by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [special.markets@perseusbooks.com](special.markets@perseusbooks.com).  \nDesigned by Anita Koury  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hedges, Chris.  \nCollateral damage : America's war against Iraqi civilians Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN-13: 978-1-56858-373-0  \n1. Iraq War, 2003—Personal narratives, American. 2. Soldiers—United States—Interviews. 3. Iraq War, 2003—Casualties. I. Al-Arian, Laila.  \nII. Title.  \nDS79.76.H45 2008  \n956.7044'31—dc22  \n2008009941  \nPaperback ISBN: 978-1-56858-416-4  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nAn earlier version of Collateral Damage appeared as“The Other War” in The Nation, July 30/August 6, 2007.  \nAll photographs © 2008 by Eugene Richards for The Nation Institute.  \nAll Rights Reserved.  \nFor Dr. Sami Al-Arian  \nContents  \nIntroduction xi A Note on Methodology xxxiii  \nCHAPTER 1  \nConvoys 1  \nCHAPTER 2  \nCheckpoints 29  \nCHAPTER 3  \nRaids 51  \nCHAPTER 4  \nDetentions 71  \nCHAPTER 5  \nHearts and Minds 87 Acknowledgments 115 Index 118  \nPhotographs  \nPAGE XI  \nSpc. Philip Chrystal, 23, of Reno  \nPAGE 1  \nSgt. Patrick Campbell, 29, ofCamarillo, California  \nPAGE 29  \nSpc. Michael Harmon, 24, of Brooklyn, New York  \nPAGE 51  \nSgt. John Bruhns, 29, of Philadelphia  \nPAGE 71  \nStaff Sgt. Camilo Mejía, 31, of Miami  \nPAGE 87  \nSgt. Dustin Flatt, 33, of Denver  \nThanks for telling me it was a good day until I briefed you.[Redacted name]—You are only interested in your career and provide no support to your staff—no msn [mission] support andyou don’t care. I cannot support a msn that leads to corruption, human right abuses and liars. I am sullied—no more. I didn’t volunteer to support corrupt, money grubbing contractors, nor work for commanders only interested in themselves. I came to serve honorably and feel dishonored. I trust no Iraqi. I cannot live this way. All my love to my family, my wife and my precious children. I loveyou and trust you only. Death before being dishonored anymore. Trust is essential—I don’t know who trust anymore. [sic] Why serve when you cannot accomplish the mission, when you no longer believe in the cause, when your every effort and breath to succeed meet with lies, lack of support, and selfishness? No more. Reevaluate yourselves, cdrs [commanders]. 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