While the Pentagon’s “official” civilian death toll for its air war in Iraq and Syria is preposterously low, less than 10% the estimate of credible NGOs in the area, there is no denying that the deaths are soaring in recent weeks, with incidents like the March 17 Mosul attack killing hundreds of civilian bystanders at a time. The Pentagon’s
Pentagon Struggles To Justify Soaring Civilian Death Toll In Iraq, Syria
The Pentagon’s narrative has jumped all over the place, from denial to defiance, but the big problem is that they’re struggling to explain why the civilian death toll is rising so precipitously.