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| Demanding perfection: US-led 2017 blitz on Syria's Raqqa killed 1,600 civilians |
| 2019-04-26 |
| [Rudaw] Intensive US-led coalition bombardment on the Syrian city of Raqqa killed more than 1,600 civilians over four months in 2017, according to a report released on Thursday. The findings were compiled after months of field research and extensive data analysis, including via a project that saw 3,000 digital activists scan satellite imagery online. In mid-2017, Raqqa had been the de facto Syria capital of the Islamic State |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #17 So, I'm curious: what's on the table in Syria? Let's say we win the war. What did we win? Except an open-ended troop commitment and billions in cost, none of it benefiting us. We spend trillions on cops and we still get thousands of murders and literally tens of millions of cases of other crimes per year. Maybe we should stop enforcing the law and send the cops home. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2019-04-26 19:58 |
| #16 What's the prize in Syria? What do we win if we win? Nobody can tell me. It's just "well you don't want to let TEH ROOSHINS win, do you?" To which the correct answer is, "who the hell cares?" You've told yourself. You just don't like the answer. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2019-04-26 19:55 |
| #15 "It may have to do with money," Rovera said. "There are, more expensive, smaller impact-radius missiles, but the coalition often used... old MK-type bombs that take out entire buildings. Those are much cheaper," she said. That's why we are always glad to take donations from right-thinking individuals like her to fund more expensive ordnance. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2019-04-26 19:54 |
| #14 : what's on the table in Syria? Why, Obama's thin red line. What else, other than Saddam's WMDs of course, and Turkey's gateway to the middle east. Was Syria the terminus to the new silk road of Biden's buddies? No, that rolled thru Turkey to Poland before branching into the rest of Europe, I think. On the table? Basically the last 50 years of Democratic meddling coming to spoiled fruition. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-26 18:55 |
| #13 I think anyone that wants a special pronoun has to have it tattooed on their forehead. I think it might really be neat If each special person we meet, Each guy, gal, or golem, To know how to call 'em, Would hand us a carte de visite! |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Ometh7575 2019-04-26 18:04 |
| #12 Let's say we win the war. Win? I can't even tell whose side we're on. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-04-26 16:52 |
| #11 So, I'm curious: what's on the table in Syria? Let's say we win the war. What did we win? Except an open-ended troop commitment and billions in cost, none of it benefiting us. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-04-26 15:18 |
| #10 So,...it worked, eh? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-04-26 11:51 |
| #9 This reminds me of the "correct pronoun" battles. Unless the civilians are clearly marked (pink helmets?) life sucks. I think anyone that wants a special pronoun has to have it tattooed on their forehead. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-04-26 10:43 |
| #8 We don't want another free base of operation metastasising around the world and crashing more planes into buildings in civilisation... The crocodile always plans to eat you. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-04-26 10:24 |
| #7 Broken record, Satire Boy |
| Posted by: Frank G 2019-04-26 10:21 |
| #6 The fact that we're there in the first place is the problem. What's the prize in Syria? What do we win if we win? Nobody can tell me. It's just "well you don't want to let TEH ROOSHINS win, do you?" To which the correct answer is, "who the hell cares?" |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-04-26 10:12 |
| #5 Oh well. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2019-04-26 09:14 |
| #4 #2 given that the enemy refuses to wear uniforms to distinguish themselves from civilians (a violation of the Conventions for the reason to help avoid civilian casualties), its hardly surprising. It's their fault not the coalition forces. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2019-04-26 08:40 |
| #3 no one worries about civilian deaths unless the US is involved |
| Posted by: chris 2019-04-26 08:23 |
| #2 Body counts via satellite images. Could be a flaw (and bias) in there somewhere. |
| Posted by: Elmeremp Borgia9350 2019-04-26 07:27 |
| #1 but the same rights groups are not able to carry out investigations there I wonder why? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-04-26 07:22 |