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| Subject: At Least 3,800 Civilians Killed By US-Coalition Attacks In Iraq, Syria Since 2014 Mon Jun 05, 2017 11:03 pm | |
| With its latest official declaration estimating the number of innocent people killed by airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military has admitted killing 484 civilians since beginning a bombing campaign and ground operations to unseat the Islamic State (ISIS) from strongholds in the two countries. Though that number is far lower than estimates put forth by independent monitoring groups, the death toll reveals rising casualty levels as the U.S.-led coalition has reportedly loosened restrictions and engagement protocols under President Donald Trump. “With the vast majority of strikes hitting territory under [ISIS] control,” the Independent notes, “the true number of casualties and the victims’ identities are difficult to verify.” But according to Airwars, a UK-based watchdog group which monitors the conflict for civilian deaths, at least 3,800 civilians have been killed by coalition attacks since 2014, with the rate of deaths rising since January of this year.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/06/04/iraq-and-syria-us-led-coalition-killing-increasing-number-civilians |
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