US government skews the civilian casualty figures by considering all military-age males in a strike zone to be militants unless

""After hearing the explosions from nine miles away he made the journey to the bombsite on foot. 'It was a very scary sight because there were body parts all over the place,' he said. 'More than 42 people were gathered at that jirga. It was like pieces of meat lying everywhere and some people you couldn't even recognise. But I was able to recognise my cousin and send his body home – one of his arms and one leg was missing.' He said his cousin 'was very dedicated to his studies and would help his mother after school'." "The US government skews the civilian casualty figures by considering all military-age males in a strike zone to be militants unless 'they can be posthumously proved otherwise.' "" (thanks Amir)