Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 21:19:46 GMT -5
U.S. acknowledges airstrike in Mosul, where more than 200 Iraqi civilians died
www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-mosul-airstrike-20170325-story.html
This is another story where I just don't know what to say except "fuck, that's awful." I'll work on something more coherent. Meanwhile, here is a thread, if you are feeling more eloquent.
Fuck, this is a fucked up world.
Fuck.
www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-iraq-mosul-airstrike-20170325-story.html
An initial investigation of a recent airstrike believed to have killed more than 200 civilians in Mosul found it was conducted by the U.S.-led coalition at the request of Iraqi security forces, the Pentagon said Saturday.
Witnesses said the airstrike killed hundreds of residents on Baghdad Street in west Mosul’s Aghawat Jadidah neighborhood March 17, including many women and young children. On Friday, in an area where apartment blocks were reduced to rubble, at least 50 bodies could be seen, including those of pregnant women, children and newborns.
On Saturday, a day after announcing that the incident was under investigation, Pentagon officials released a statement saying the coalition had targeted Islamic State fighters and equipment in the area March 17, “at the location corresponding to allegations of civilian casualties.”
The coalition said that it takes allegations of civilian casualties seriously and that a formal Civilian Casualty Credibility Assessment of the airstrike and the civilian toll is underway.
“The coalition respects human life, which is why we are assisting our Iraqi partner forces in their effort to liberate their lands from ISIS brutality,” the statement said, using an acronym for Islamic State.
Witnesses said the airstrike killed hundreds of residents on Baghdad Street in west Mosul’s Aghawat Jadidah neighborhood March 17, including many women and young children. On Friday, in an area where apartment blocks were reduced to rubble, at least 50 bodies could be seen, including those of pregnant women, children and newborns.
On Saturday, a day after announcing that the incident was under investigation, Pentagon officials released a statement saying the coalition had targeted Islamic State fighters and equipment in the area March 17, “at the location corresponding to allegations of civilian casualties.”
The coalition said that it takes allegations of civilian casualties seriously and that a formal Civilian Casualty Credibility Assessment of the airstrike and the civilian toll is underway.
“The coalition respects human life, which is why we are assisting our Iraqi partner forces in their effort to liberate their lands from ISIS brutality,” the statement said, using an acronym for Islamic State.
This is another story where I just don't know what to say except "fuck, that's awful." I'll work on something more coherent. Meanwhile, here is a thread, if you are feeling more eloquent.
Fuck, this is a fucked up world.
Fuck.
