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Recent strike targets Mosul 'cash collection point': U.S. military
Source: Reuters
World | Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:21pm EST
Recent strike targets Mosul 'cash collection point': U.S. military
WASHINGTON | BY IDREES ALI
U.S.-led coalition air strikes hit a “cash collection point” in the Islamic State’s northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul on Monday, bringing the total strikes on these targets to nine in Iraq and Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said.
“This was the second strike in Mosul in as many weeks against ISIL financial targets,” Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, using another name for Islamic State.
Warren said the coalition had been prepared to accept “some” civilian casualties with the strike.
“Yes, we were prepared to accept civilian casualties in conjunction with this cash strike, it's tragic and it's not something that we want to do," Warren said.
He added that initial estimates showed civilian casualties were low and in the “single digits.”
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Recent strike targets Mosul 'cash collection point': U.S. military
WASHINGTON | BY IDREES ALI
U.S.-led coalition air strikes hit a “cash collection point” in the Islamic State’s northern Iraqi stronghold of Mosul on Monday, bringing the total strikes on these targets to nine in Iraq and Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said.
“This was the second strike in Mosul in as many weeks against ISIL financial targets,” Army Colonel Steve Warren told a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday, using another name for Islamic State.
Warren said the coalition had been prepared to accept “some” civilian casualties with the strike.
“Yes, we were prepared to accept civilian casualties in conjunction with this cash strike, it's tragic and it's not something that we want to do," Warren said.
He added that initial estimates showed civilian casualties were low and in the “single digits.”
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-mosul-airstrike-idUSKCN0UY2E5
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