U.S. kills 50 prisoners of ISIS in air strike

[Chef Ramsay]

Dozens of Syrian civilians died last month after being jailed by ISIS for violating Sharia Law. But it wasn’t Islamic extremists who ended their lives—it was the United States.

An airstrike carried out Dec. 28 on an ISIS headquarters in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab may have killed more than 50 civilians, according to McClatchy. Reports gathered from eyewitness and a Syrian opposition human rights group revealed a death toll ranging between 55 and 61 civilian prisoners inside the building that was demolished by American missiles. Between 13 and 25 ISIS guards also died in the attack. If those numbers are accurate, it would represent the worst case of civilian deaths caused by the U.S. bombing of Syria.

One source told McClatchy that 35 prisoners were imprisoned for minor infractions of Islamic Law, “such as smoking, wearing jeans or appearing too late for the afternoon prayer,” Roy Gutman and Mousab Alhamadee reported.

The U.S. military did not confirm the airstrike until last weekend. An early Pentagon statement said there had been no evidence of civilian casualties but a later email from the Defense Department acknowledged there had been reports of some deaths.

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/us-bombing-in-syria-kills-dozens-imprisoned-by-isis-for-violating-sharia-law-150114?news=855368

[chopstick]

God Bless America!

Land of the free baby

[Ingatqhvq]

That’s good。

[Malin Keshar]

More practical than beheading one by one

[shogdite]

Winning the hearts and minds of the Syrian people

Sure they're loving their new found freedoms....

[freedomno1]

I wonder if that one can be called a battle won or a battle lost
The only condolence for those prisoners is that it was collateral damage
At the same time ...

[Snail2]

Nice one. The syrian people surely feels better with such great support from the US :/.

[Snail2]

I wonder if that one can be called a battle won or a battle lost
The only condolence for those prisoners is that it was collateral damage
At the same time ...

That was a great victory for mankind and for the surviving few locals as well .

[AtheistAKASaneBrain]

Well, at least some of the ISIS rats were killed as well.

[Gervais]

I saw someone say the bigger terrorist is always the one with the bigger weapon. How very true but sadly many people don't see it. I don't know how these cowards piloting these planes and drones can sleep at night. Do they just shrug their shoulders when this stuff happens?

I wonder if that one can be called a battle won or a battle lost
The only condolence for those prisoners is that it was collateral damage
At the same time ...

How is that a condolence?

[fenghush]

Thank you Team America, I feel much safer now.

[Spendulus]

I saw someone say the bigger terrorist is always the one with the bigger weapon. How very true but sadly many people don't see it. I don't know how these cowards piloting these planes and drones can sleep at night. Do they just shrug their shoulders when this stuff happens?

I wonder if that one can be called a battle won or a battle lost
The only condolence for those prisoners is that it was collateral damage
At the same time ...

How is that a condolence?

Such things happen when the dogs of war are unleashed.

If you want to fight the evil of ISIS, accept the entire mess that goes along with it.

[okae]

ofc this is really good news.

i will never understand those groups like ISIS, that God forgive you...

there is lot of collateral damage always, sometimes is needed, the question is, why we think we are able to decide when is needed and when is not?

[fenghush]

ofc this is really good news.

i will never understand those groups like ISIS, that God forgive you...

there is lot of collateral damage always, sometimes is needed, the question is, why we think we are able to decide when is needed and when is not?

If you believe collateral damage is "always, sometimes needed" there is something seriously wrong with your ethics.

[okae]

ofc this is really good news.

i will never understand those groups like ISIS, that God forgive you...

there is lot of collateral damage always, sometimes is needed, the question is, why we think we are able to decide when is needed and when is not?

If you believe collateral damage is "always, sometimes needed" there is something seriously wrong with your ethics.

i think you misunderstood me, i was not trying to going in that way...

there is lot of collateral damage always,

  notice the ","

sometimes is needed

not about that dimensions...

i hope you undersatnd me now, sometimes is just a language barrier, my fault ofc.

[Tusk]

Out of the frying Pan into the fire, When the only tool the US has is a hammer all its problems look like nails

[yahoo62278]

youve gotta expect casualties of war to happen.

[Divinespark]

The epitome of throwing the baby out with the bathwater
Hope they got some ISIS guys too

[jaysabi]

Dozens of Syrian civilians died last month after being jailed by ISIS for violating Sharia Law. But it wasn’t Islamic extremists who ended their lives—it was the United States.

An airstrike carried out Dec. 28 on an ISIS headquarters in the northern Syrian town of Al Bab may have killed more than 50 civilians, according to McClatchy. Reports gathered from eyewitness and a Syrian opposition human rights group revealed a death toll ranging between 55 and 61 civilian prisoners inside the building that was demolished by American missiles. Between 13 and 25 ISIS guards also died in the attack. If those numbers are accurate, it would represent the worst case of civilian deaths caused by the U.S. bombing of Syria.

One source told McClatchy that 35 prisoners were imprisoned for minor infractions of Islamic Law, “such as smoking, wearing jeans or appearing too late for the afternoon prayer,” Roy Gutman and Mousab Alhamadee reported.

The U.S. military did not confirm the airstrike until last weekend. An early Pentagon statement said there had been no evidence of civilian casualties but a later email from the Defense Department acknowledged there had been reports of some deaths.

http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/us-bombing-in-syria-kills-dozens-imprisoned-by-isis-for-violating-sharia-law-150114?news=855368

... and Pentagon logic will probably dictate that each of those deaths be counted as militant deaths by virtue of being in a place the US was trying to bomb and being killed by the bomb. That's how they count militant deaths in Afghanistan and Pakistan too. If we killed you, you were a militant.

[sethminer14]

Haha don't you just love drones?