Syria: At least 85 civilians feared dead after US air strike 'mistake'

The International Business Times ^ | July 20, 2016 | Paul Wright

[Trump20162020]

US military confirms it is investigating what could be one of the worst incidents of civilian deaths by coalition forces

At least 85 civilians, including almost a dozen children, have been killed after US air strikes targeted an area in northern Syria held by Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) fighters, a monitoring group has said.

Some eight families were reportedly wiped out in the IS-controlled village of Tokhar near Manbij on Tuesday (19 July), in what could be one of the deadliest bombings of civilians by coalition forces since the start of operations in the country.

[God luvs America]

obama = war criminal

[Blue Jays]

Nice going, 0bama.
Stick to golf, men, and cigarettes.

[Trump20162020]

Wasn’t the Obama Administration squealing that Russia bombing targets in Syria was not safe, that they were going to kill civilians there?

[Lurker]

Unable to give a crap.

L

[tinyowl]

Maybe he mistook the civilian families for American cops.

[Dr. Pritchett]

I guess those towns should reconsider harboring terrorists, as well.

[Trump20162020]

Is it really “harboring” if they take the town by force?

[dfwgator]

And the reason we’re in Syria is because...........

[morphing libertarian]

Reprinting obamas red lines

[Netz]

Who has the gall to criticize Israel in her operations against HAMAS in Gaza when the Israelis go out of their way to avoid civilian casualties??? Who? The US and Europe, that's who so shut up, drop the double-standrard and get on wit the job of JVing the Jihadis...

[Paladin2]

Muzzies are not civilians.

[Paladin2]

Doesn’t everybody have at least one AK / fam?

[VanShuyten]

Obama will blame it on faulty coordinates from his new partners in Syria, the Russians, or Turkey, or somebody else.

[wbarmy]

Muslim extremists routinely fire their heavy weapons from populated areas. Look up some of the Palestinian photos and the Iraq war photos.

If civilians died, be assured the jihadis were trying to get return fire on them.

[Ethan Clive Osgoode]

ISIS needed some help in controlling the population.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

And the reason we’re in Syria is because...........

I don't see where we've done any good over there.

[Tallguy]

He doesn’t hit the greens either...

[Moltke]

1:1 payback for Nice.

[BobL]

Our ‘mistakes’ only happen when we get tired of trying to fight a war clean. Same thing happened in Belgrade under President Clinton, when we started hitting schools and bridges to ‘bring Serbia to its knees’.

But the fun thing about being Democrat Globalist is that send the military off to kill civilians and win Nobel Peace Prizes at the same time.