U.S. #Military Covered Up #Airstrike in #Syria That Killed Dozens of #Women and #Children

source: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/11/nyt-military-covered-up-airstrike-syria-women-children.html

The two March 2019 airstrikes took place near the town of #Baghuz and were ordered by a classified special operations unit, Task Force 9, which was in charge of ground operations in Syria and operated largely in #secret. The airstrike amounted to one of the largest incidents involving #civilian casualties in the war against Islamic State, but the U.S. military never acknowledged it. What’s more, military officials seemed to go through as much trouble as possible to keep the death toll under wraps even as shocked officers called for investigations.

#fail #collateralDamage #war #terror #usa #news #DoD