Airstrikes against Islamic State group kill civilians (destroys food supply) in Syria: Report

[morningfog]

BEIRUT—U.S.-led coalition strikes targeted Islamic State group positions overnight across in northern and eastern Syria, including one that hit a grain silo and reportedly killed civilians, activists said Monday.

Washington and its Arab allies opened their air assault against the extremist group last week, going after its military facilities, training camps, heavy weapons and oil installations. The campaign expands upon the airstrikes the United States has been conducting against the militants in Iraq since early August.

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said coalition forces hit Islamic State group facilities overnight in Aleppo, Raqqa, Hassakeh and Deir el-Zour provinces. It said there were casualties, including civilians, but that it did not have concrete figures.

One of the strikes hit a grain silo in the extremist-held town of Manbij in Aleppo province, setting it ablaze, the Observatory and the Aleppo Media Center activist group said. Another activist collective, the Local Coordination Committees, also reported what it said were coalition air raids on Manbij.

Observatory director Rami Abdurrahman said the strike on the grain silo killed civilians, but he didn’t have an exact figure.

“They killed only civilians there, workers at the site. There was no ISIS inside,” he said, using an alternative name for the Islamic State group. The airstrikes “destroyed the food that was stored there.”

http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/world/2014/09/29/airstrikes_against_islamic_state_group_kill_civilians_in_syria_report.html

[newfie11]

1. That will add more recruits for ISIS. Nt

[RedCappedBandit]

2. well yeah but its like different when we do it and stuff

and.. oh, they're evil, and we have no choice

[KoKo]

3. Either the "Precision Targeting" screwed up ...or calculated for Assad's people

to overthrow him when they starve. The country is suffering under a drought already which caused some of the demonstrations against Assad, so this can't be helpful to him either way. He will have to make concessions to US or see his people starve. We win on this one but the Syrian people suffer more hardships.

I heard AP Radio report that 2 Wheat Silo's were hit. But, who knows.

[redgreenandblue]

4. the later would constitute a war-crime.