The Pentagon has a practice called “condolence payments.” This is when U.S. commanders pay surviving family members thousands of dollars for every civilian they’ve killed. After a night operation in 2009 killed 15 civilians, U.S. commanders visited the village and handed out $40,000 in cash – $2,500 for each death, $500 for two wounded men and … Continue reading U.S. Paying Millions in Cash to Families of ‘Collateral Damage’