Carnage Concealed: Experts Denounce Pentagon for Lowballing Number of Civilians US Killed in 2017
Source: Common Dreams
Friday, June 01, 2018
by Common Dreams
"We call on the U.S. government to meaningfully investigate all claims of civilian casualties and to be transparent about who is killed and harmed in U.S. military operations"
by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Human rights advocates are calling the Pentagon's newly released figures on civilian casualties during President Donald Trump's first year in office a massive under-count that belies the true scale of carnage and reveals an absence of meaningful investigations into reported deaths.
In its required report to Congress, the Pentagon said Friday that "there are credible reports of approximately 499 civilians killed and approximately 169 civilians injured during 2017" as a result of military operations in Iraq ,Syria, Afghanistan, and Yemen. There were "no credible reports" of civilian casualties as a result of U.S. military operations in Somalia or Libya in 2017, the report claimed. There are still "450 reports of civilian casualties," however, that "remained to be assessed," indicating the Pentagon itself could increase the toll.
"Despite the best efforts of U.S. forces, civilian casualties are a tragic but at times unavoidable consequence of combat operations," the Pentagon's report said.
Read more: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/01/carnage-concealed-experts-denounce-pentagon-lowballing-number-civilians-us-killed
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lead of their liar-in-chief, the pretend potus.
Death of innocents mean nothing to military or potus.
Just people with dark skin and funny sounding names, nothing to see here, Citizen, move along....
It's not like we used depleted uranium shells that will be toxic for years, or drone strikes on wedding parties or anything....