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November 30, 2021

Pentagon to Investigate U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday the Pentagon has opened a
high-level inquiry into the U.S. airstrike that killed dozens of women
and children near the Syrian town of Baghuz in March of 2019. This comes
after a New York Times investigation found the military spent
two-and-a-half years covering up the attack, even though the death toll
was almost immediately apparent to military officials, with one legal
officer flagging the attack as a possible war crime. U.S. military
officials downplayed the death toll, delayed reports, and sanitized and
classified evidence of civilian deaths. U.S.-led coalition forces
bulldozed the blast site, and top military leaders were reportedly not
notified.


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