Publication

This article argues that far from it not being our business, or not in our interest, Britain and the British Army has powerful reasons for both collating and releasing information on civilian casualties in war zones. Traditionally armies have been reluctant to own up to civilian casualties. There are a number of reasons for this: it may be concern they might be unfairly blamed; or reports of civilian casualties may undermine militaries’ own reporting of improving stabilization; or it may be they are simply ‘none of our business.’