They don't care
Bombing is easy, whoever makes the decision to bomb doesn't know how many people were killed or who they were. The coalition (United States and allies) do not selectively bomb. They just drop bombs. The decision makers are far from the dead and the blood. Because they carry out hundreds of attacks they can make mistakes.
A few hundred people may die. These errors can be merely defined as "collateral damage".
This time it was the city of Daquq, south of Kirkuk, a funeral was hit and many people died or were hurt. There wasn't any enemy target nearby.
But, the attacks continue. There are still many bombs to go.
Because they don't care.
D.A.
The news
The Russian Ministry of Defense says that the US-led coalition is responsible for striking mourners in the Iraqi city of Daquq on Friday, killing dozens of civilians, including women and children.
The coalition jets apparently identified the mourning procession as Islamic State terrorists, said General Igor Konashenkov, spokesperson for the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Judging by the eyewitness accounts, the mourning procession was mistaken for terrorists by the coalition aviation. Dozens of Iraqi civilians died, including women and children,” Konashenkov said.
“Russian reconnaissance pinpointed two jets conducting airstrikes on Daquq, located 30 kilometers to the south of Kirkuk, where, according to our data, there are no ISIS fighters,” he added.
Konashenkov noted that such incidents bear the mark of war crimes.
“These deadly attacks on civilian areas, which have all the marks of war crimes, are becoming almost a daily routine for the international coalition.”
The spokesman also noted that civilians and civilian infrastructure are increasingly finding themselves in the crosshairs of the coalition bombardment.
“Too often weddings, funerals, hospitals, police stations, and humanitarian convoys are being hit by the coalition warplanes,” Konashenkov said. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also weighed in, slamming the coalition’s action.
“Yesterday the ‘human rights defenders’ again bombed a funeral ceremony, this time in the Iraqi Daquq where there are no terrorists.” Zakharova said in a Facebook post.
In a statement to RT, the Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF), which is in charge of the international anti-ISIS operation in Iraq and Syria, said that it has no evidence that jets of the alliance carried out the Daquq strike.
“At this time, we cannot associate this incident with any Coalition strikes in the area,” the response says.
No comments:
Post a Comment