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In a follow up to a report back in March in which human rights groups alleged possible war crimes in our bombing in Somalia, We now admit to killing civilians.
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/04/05/us-africom-admits-somalia-civilian-casualties-airstrike/
Some highlights:
“On March 30, 2019, the command was notified about the results of a post-strike internal assessment conducted in April 2018 that found credible evidence of the two civilian casualties. Unfortunately, the finding was not properly reported to U.S. Africa Command headquarters,” the release said.
Africom’s initial report of the airstrike said it had killed five al-Shabaab fighters and no civilians.
The error was compounded when senior leaders said during congressional testimony that U.S. forces had caused zero civilian casualties in Africa.
Amnesty had accused the command of possibly violating international law, and saying some of the airstrikes it documented “may amount to war crimes.” Its investigation revealed that 14 civilians were killed, raising fears that the true death toll may be much higher.
Amnesty's numbers were based on investigations that did not include the air strike that killed two civilians as admitted by Africom.
https://thedefensepost.com/2019/04/05/us-africom-admits-somalia-civilian-casualties-airstrike/
Some highlights:
“On March 30, 2019, the command was notified about the results of a post-strike internal assessment conducted in April 2018 that found credible evidence of the two civilian casualties. Unfortunately, the finding was not properly reported to U.S. Africa Command headquarters,” the release said.
Africom’s initial report of the airstrike said it had killed five al-Shabaab fighters and no civilians.
The error was compounded when senior leaders said during congressional testimony that U.S. forces had caused zero civilian casualties in Africa.
Amnesty had accused the command of possibly violating international law, and saying some of the airstrikes it documented “may amount to war crimes.” Its investigation revealed that 14 civilians were killed, raising fears that the true death toll may be much higher.
Amnesty's numbers were based on investigations that did not include the air strike that killed two civilians as admitted by Africom.