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Lucylastic -> RE: Trump has been escalating US military in Syria (3/27/2017 1:59:31 PM)
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Some more info on airstrikes in syria and civillian deaths
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-military-involvement-middle-east-400c985fbf1c
In the two months since Donald Trump took office, U.S. airstrikes have killed an astonishing number of civilians in the Middle East.
Over the weekend, the U.S. government confirmed that it launched an airstrike in Mosul, Iraq, which killed as many as 200 Iraqi civilians. Rescue workers on Sunday told the Washington Post that they had removed over 100 bodies from the ruins of one house, and they are still working to clear the rest of the neighborhood.
The attack took place on March 17, but it took the U.S. government a full week to acknowledge it. βAn initial review of strike data from March 16β23 indicates that, at the request of the Iraqi Security Forces, the Coalition struck ISIS fighters and equipment, March 17, in West Mosul at the location corresponding to allegations of civilian casualties,β read a Pentagon statement on Saturday.
More at the link..
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