Smoke rises over Kobani after an airstrike, as seen from the Mursitpinar border crossing on the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, October 18, 2014 (Reuters)
The Independent: Isis air strikes: Civilian death toll from western bombing 'set to reach 1,000 within days'
Cameron under pressure to update MPs on impact of RAF campaign in Syria and Iraq
The civilian death toll from Western air strikes against Islamic State fighters is set to pass the 1,000 mark “within days”, independent monitors told The Independent on Sunday.
The revelation comes as David Cameron faces mounting pressure to honour his pledge to update Parliament on the impact of Britain’s military contribution to the war.
After the vote on 2 December authorising RAF air strikes in Syria, Mr Cameron pledged “quarterly updates” to Parliament. In the three months since, the Prime Minister has left it to Philip Hammond, the Foreign Secretary, and Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, to inform MPs about the situation in Iraq and Syria.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon has a different point of view .... U.S. Air Campaign Against The Islamic State: 20,000 ISIS Fighters Killed, Two Cases Of Civilian Casualties.
2 comments:
Well it is Obama's Pentagon so 2 civilian casualties is convincing. After all the Obama administration is the most transparent in history.
I sense the sarcasm even from here regarding the most transparent administration in history. It's warm and balmy in Antarctica too!!
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