@oralloy,
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"Out of 140,000 deaths, about 20,000 were considered to be those of the military service men."
120,000 civilians dead because the atomic bomb in Hiroshima is the best example of "intentional" collateral damage.
After the several nuclear tests made in de deserts of the US, the US army knew that dropping the atomic bombs will kill civilians like crazy. This was intentional murder, intentional massacre.
War is ugly, and when is about to kill, countries lose their concept of moral.
No country's war actions are justified and vindicated when the killing of civilians overpasses the killing of troops. A malicious intention is always the rule when such a "collateral damage" happens.