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US-led coalition kills 1300 civilians “unintentionally” in Iraq and Syria
(IraqiNews) The US-led international coalition announced killing over 1300 civilians unintentionally by air strikes in Iraq and Syria, since starting its operations against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 in 2014.

The coalition said in a statement that it carried out 34502 air strikes between August 2014 and end of April 2019.

During this period and based on the available information, it is likely that at least 1,302 civilians were unintentionally killed as a result of coalition air strikes, the statement added.
So that’s a rate of 3.8% of total strikes...
It further explained that there are still 111 reports of civilian deaths being considered.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shattered spaceship, Fffflirgoll the Arcturan slithered stealthily toward the control room, where the humans had barricaded themselves...
 the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that more than 3,800 civilians, including about 1,000 children, have been killed in raids by the international coalition in Syria only. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
 the international coalition affirmed taking the necessary measures to reduce the risk to the lives of civilians.

The US-led international coalition, which include more than 70 countries, started its mission against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria in the summer of 2014.
...or 0.5% per country since we got involved. One doesn’t really calculate it that way, but it does put the whole thing into perspective.
In Iraq, the coalition provided air coverage to government forces, while backed the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria.

It is noteworthy that the International coalition, in a statement on Friday evening, referred to seven reports about the killing of civilians in raids on Baguoz between 11 and 24 March. The statement described the reports as "unreliable".
Unreliable? Yes, that would be a bit of an issue when affixing blame, or even determining how much blame there is to affix.

Posted by: trailing wife 2019-06-03
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