RE: I don't think that the MOAB killed anyone.
April 18, 2017 at 9:43 am
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2017 at 9:44 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 18, 2017 at 8:31 am)Jehanne Wrote: From what I have seen, little children are now playing in the rubble from the blast, and so, if there were any people killed, they could have been innocent civilians.
Sure, it's a big bomb, collateral damage is a possibility. The official line from centcom was/is:
Quote:U.S. Forces took every precaution to avoid civilian casualties with this strike.http://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/PRESS-RELEA...tronghold/
There -are- reports that some civilian casualties were or may have been incurred. Individual reports, and the destruction of some houses a few miles away which may have been occupied at the time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/a...abs-impact
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/world...p=cur&_r=0
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