An EA-18G Growler launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in this U.S. Navy picture taken in the Arabian Gulf October 28, 2014. Credit: Reuters/U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Philip Wagner Jr./Handout via Reuters/Files
Washington Post: In shift, U.S. military says it is investigating credible civilian casualty reports in Iraq and Syria
WNU Editor: Aside from looking at Air-force combat footage and viewing press reports .... not having boots on the ground in Islamic State controlled areas to determine if there are civilian casualties is going to put into doubt any conclusions that such a probe may eventually publish.
More News On The Pentagon Launching A Probe On Possible Civilian Casualties From U.S. Airstrikes On Islamic State Targets
US-led strikes may have killed civilians: Pentagon -- AFP
U.S. Probes Reports of Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Syria -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Reports of civilian deaths prompt inquiry into strikes against ISIS -- NYT
Pentagon Probes Possible Civilian Casualties in Iraq, Syria Strikes -- VOA
Pentagon Acknowledges Airstrikes Against ISIS May Have Caused Civilian Deaths, Initiates Investigation -- IBTimes
US admits civilians might have died in coalition air strikes in Syria and Iraq -- RT
Update: Pentagon on ISIS Deaths: We Can't 'Count Every Nose That We Schwack' -- Weekly Standard
1 comment:
The group Human Rights Campaign has justification for complaining.
They could not rule the country of 300+ million people and keep them safe.
At some point they would have to engage in military action or go to war.
As soon as they did that they will cause civilian casualties, because they are not perfect.
So just hollering civilian casualties is a scam.
The Russians had civilian casualties when the tried to rescue the hostages in the theater and the tactical team were trying very hard to rescue all of the hostages.
HRW is the peanut gallery. Whatever group they criticize they could not do as well as them and would most likely do worse.
What is more their excessive attempts at fault finding & preening cause real harm.
Real harm is when you carpet bomb cities or use incendiaries. There is just no comparison between now and say WW2.
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