The American Civil Liberties Union has released details of hundreds of compensation claims made by Iraqi and Afghan civilians against the U.S. military. The documents reveal the Pentagon has paid at least $32 million for noncombat-related killings, injuries and property damage. The actual total is expected to be far higher as only a fraction of cases were revealed. In one case, a civilian was awarded $13,000 after the military fired more than 100 rounds into his home, killing his mother, father and brother. The release of the documents marks the first public disclosure of details of compensation claims in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report comes as the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned Iraqi suffering is “immense” and only getting worse.

Red Cross Director Pierre Kraehenbuehl: “In very simple terms, I think everyone will find unbearable the continuous reports of the injured and killed, the endless, the daily statistics that we have to listen to, the 50 killed in one place in a car bomb attack, the 100 dead elsewhere in a series of sectarian reprisal attacks, the dozens and dozens killed in clashes between various armed groups and multinational forces.”