Posted on 03/28/2017 9:04:58 PM PDT by Mariner
MOSUL, Iraq — A sharp rise in the number of civilians reported killed in U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria is spreading panic, deepening mistrust and triggering accusations that the United States and its partners may be acting without sufficient regard for lives of noncombatants.
The increase comes as local ground forces backed by air support from a U.S.-led coalition close in on the Islamic State’s two main urban bastions — Raqqa in Syria and Mosul in Iraq.
In front-line neighborhoods in western Mosul, families described cowering in basements for weeks as bombs rained down around them and the Islamic State battled from their rooftops. Across the border in Raqqa, residents desperately trying to flee before an offensive begins are being blocked by the militants, who frequently use civilians as human shields.
Throughout his election campaign, President Trump pledged to target Islamic State militants more aggressively, criticizing the U.S. air campaign for being too “gentle” and asking for a reassessment of battlefield rules. The United States has denied there has been any shift and defended the conduct of its campaign.
But figures compiled by monitoring organizations and interviews with residents paint an increasingly bloody picture, with the number of casualties in March already surpassing records for a single month.
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Hopefully those who are not will be spared, but there will be innocent casualties if one wishes to win.
And it looks like this president quietly intends to kill all the bad guys.
WaPo is blocked by the chrome Block Site extension, but I love the headline.
And who’s generating these “reports” of all the dead “civilians”?
I still remember the time when every dead jihadiscum with a smartphone camera was declared to be an unlawfully killed “independent journalist”.
Somebody infamous once said “war is hell”.
Fewer will die than would die under ISIS. I believe Russia is doing Syria and we’ve got Iraq.
We never heard about all the killing Obama bragged about. Many were our own troops.
But boy oh boy, WaPo really cares now.
I smell WaPo whine...
They are just doing what they do and have always done.
But be of good cheer as this is good news, worthy of celebration.
The UN needs to get non Islamics out. ISIS needs to be held responsible for not letting “civilians” go free.
And there’s no mention of ISIS using civilians as human shields.
Fake news. The old civilian numbers always goes up with Repubs.
bttt
They are being held responsible now and are paying with their lives.
People are starving in Africa now too that Trump is president. Not one child starved under Omama. Watch the reports.
And Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and others didn’t take any of them in.
Too bad.
Trump is killing ISIS instead of arming, funding, and protecting them.
Funny how civilian casualties coincide with Republican presidencies.
“And there’s no mention of ISIS using civilians as human shields.”
Yes there is, and it’s in the posted excerpt. All you have to do is read 4 lines down from the headline.
Sheesh.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer buncha Jihadists.
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