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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 08:29 AM Jun 2018

U.S.-Led Liberation of Raqqa Killed Hundreds of Civilians: Watchdog

Source: The Daily Beast




The U.S.-led coalition that liberated the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS last year killed hundreds of innocent civilians and injured thousands in a “potential war crime,” a top human-rights watchdog says. Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the start of the offensive—which was carried out between June and October last year—Amnesty International U.K. published a report Tuesday condemning the coalition’s “indiscriminate” airstrikes. “Civilians in Raqqa have suffered grievously at the hands of the Islamic State, but they’ve also been imperiled by the coalition’s disproportionate aerial attacks,” said Amnesty Director Kate Allen. “The coalition’s operations in Raqqa have killed hundreds and injured thousands of civilians and the U.K. needs to come clean over its role in this carnage.” Coalition spokesman U.S. Army Colonel Sean Ryan invited Allen to “leave the comforts of the U.K.” and head to Syria and Iraq to see how they are “fighting an enemy that does not abide by any laws, norms, or human concern.” A Pentagon assessment released last week put the U.S. military’s civilian death toll at 499 for Donald Trump’s first year as president.

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U.S.-Led Liberation of Raqqa Killed Hundreds of Civilians: Watchdog (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2018 OP
It sucks having a five-time republican Draft Dodger giving the orders Achilleaze Jun 2018 #1
Trolley problem. Igel Jun 2018 #2
"THE WAR CRIME" heaven05 Jun 2018 #3

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
1. It sucks having a five-time republican Draft Dodger giving the orders
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 08:49 AM
Jun 2018

republican draft dodger Comrade Casino is clueless and heartless.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
3. "THE WAR CRIME"
Tue Jun 5, 2018, 09:44 AM
Jun 2018

started with bush jr, cheney, rumsfeld and been going on ever since. 499 civilian deaths. Right, sure yeah trump led pentagon. Who is this administration trying to fool?

Only one Native-american was killed during the formation of ameriKKKa and only one family of Africans were made slaves during the formation of ameriKKKa, same goddamn lies as always.

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