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2021-12-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Report: Covert US army unit tasked with fighting IS repeatedly killed civilians

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

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Not to belittle this accident.
But of course accidents happen in war.
But The Talon Anvil operators were focused on a building, and had viable INTEL that it was an enemy training center.

So looking broadly at Talon Anvil operational mission. It acted kinda like a FO for Terrorist strike eliminations.

OPEN QUESTION:
NYT's with its Anti-Military, vilify any success regarding the war on terrorism, and it well known strong Anti-USA mission story agenda. NYT's ...How also about covering their 100's, if not 1000's of successful terrorist eliminations? Which saved 10's of 1000's of lives. Or the lives that it cost Talon Anvil operative team members? Or is the goal to be one sided, discredit our military, and stomp on it as LIBERAL RAG you are now.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-12-13 05:54|| 2021-12-13 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 It's called war... In all 1,570 French cities and towns were bombed by the Allies between June 1940 and May 1945. The total number of civilians killed was 68,778, mostly elderly (including the 2,700 civilians killed in Royan)

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-12-13 07:26|| 2021-12-13 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Note the update from the Daily Mail, and scan the entire article to get a better feel for those who fed the information to the New York Times.

Posted by Omert Scourge of the Trolls7669 2021-12-13 09:31|| 2021-12-13 09:31|| Front Page Top

#4 Also, it occurs to me that this unit was stood up in 2014, making it a President Obama project and, since he closely managed all WoT killing, one whose actions he would have been aware of — though clearly the article means to tar President Trump and the Army with the accusation of wanton murder.

Me, I look at ISIS and see a society of eager, complicit volunteers and the conquered in their particular Hell. I, too, am reminded of the carpet bombing of WWII.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-12-13 09:40|| 2021-12-13 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 In guerrilla warfare it is extremely difficult to tell the combatants from the civilians when no one wears a uniform and everyone is lugging around an AK

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2021-12-13 13:11|| 2021-12-13 13:11|| Front Page Top

#6 It's not a story until someone makes it one. Sounds like someone(s) is not licking the woke boot.

Posted by jefe101 2021-12-13 22:08|| 2021-12-13 22:08|| Front Page Top

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