US forces were conducting an airdrop of Kurdish fighters around the Syrian town of al-Mansour, near the ISIS capital city of Raqqa, and carrying out heavy airstrikes to cover the drop. Among the airstrikes, one hit a school in the town which was being used to house civilians from the surrounding area displaced by the fighting. At least 33 civilians were killed.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 33 dead had been recovered from the rubble so far, and that only two survivors had been recovered yet. Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, another NGO, reported the school sheltered around 50 displaced families, which might suggest the toll will continue to rise.
The Pentagon is, as always, evasive about the civilian casualties, confirming that they carried out multiple airstrikes in the immediate vicinity of the incident, but saying that there is “no evidence” that they hit a school in the course of that.
If confirmed, which seems probable, this would be the second US strike causing large civilian casualties in Syria in a week, with the previous attack further west in the village of al-Jineh destroying part of a mosque and killing at least 49 civilians, and according to some reports as many as 75.
If and when his war is over there will be no more mosques and schools standing.
Go HOME YANKS!
Selective killing in Iraq and Syria hasn’t accomplished the job the US needs to get done. The US needs to dispense with the use of drones and resort to more convincing force from 30,000 feet, as this strike indicates has happened. It’s just a consequence of war that will result in much more ‘collateral’ damage than Obama choice of drones.
That’s not Trump’s fault. Trump is going to use more convincing force to make America great again in a hurry and that’s going to result in many civilian deaths of people who chose to deliberately stand under Trump’s bombs.
No worries, we can just bring the survivors, undoubtedly furious and seeking revenge, here as refugees. Invade the world, invite the world. What could go wrong?
You’ve been listening to Trump’s racism too much. Refugees aren’t interested in seeking revenge. That’s just not what refugees do. In your country it’s nearly always Americans who do the terrorism. There is good reason why Trump’s Muslim ban was shot down again. It was only ever nothing more than an expression of hate toward people who weren’t kristyuns. And it’s likely that Trump designed it to do more harm than good. He needs some terrorists attacks now so he won’t look so foolish.