USA har hemmeligholdt bombedrap på 80 kvinner og barn i Irak i 2019

NY Times 13. nov 2021

"How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria"

"The military never conducted an independent investigation into a 2019 bombing on the last bastion of the Islamic State, despite concerns about a secretive commando force."

 

NY Times 17. nov 2021https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/us/politics/austin-pentagon-syria-airstrike.html

"The Times investigation showed that the death toll from the strike — 80 people — was almost immediately apparent to military officials. A legal officer flagged the bombing as a possible war crime that required an investigation. But at nearly every step, the military made moves that concealed the catastrophic strike. The Defense Department’s independent inspector general began an inquiry, but the report containing its findings was stalled and stripped of any mention of the strike."
 

Nåværende amerikanske forsvarssjef Austin blir presset til å svare i saken.

Og sier man må skjerpe seg.

 

Men hjelper det?

Hvis saken ikke blir saumfart.

Og de ansvarlige dermed går fri ....

Saken er så alvorlig ... og NY Times sin graving så grundig ... at 29. november 2021 melder avisen:

"Pentagon Chief Orders New Inquiry Into U.S. Airstrike That Killed Dozens in Syria"

 

Og det er nødvendig.

USA kan ikke leve med en bevisst skjuling av mulig krigsforbrytelse av landets militære ledelse.

 

Skudeneshavn  1. desember 2021

Jan Marton Jensen

 

Kilde:  

29. november 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/pentagon-airstrike-syria.html

17. november 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/17/us/politics/austin-pentagon-syria-airstrike.html 

13. november 2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/13/us/us-airstrikes-civilian-deaths.html