Ah yes, “Civilians”. The innocent race of sentient humans allegedly living in the nation we’re at war with. We have dismissed this claim.
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>Admiral Brad Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military’s record since that Feb. 28 strike had been near perfect, a fact belied by investigations from human rights groups and news media organizations. Senators greeted Admiral Cooper’s claims with deep skepticism, and a human rights group that investigates civilian casualties in war called it “ridiculous.”
>The U.S. military still has not taken responsibility for the school strike, which Admiral Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, said remained under investigation. The New York Times has verified damage to 22 schools and 17 health care facilities. The Iranian Red Crescent Society, the country’s primary humanitarian relief organization, said on April 2 that at least 763 schools and 316 health care facilities had been damaged or destroyed in the war. At least 1,700 Iranian civilians have been killed in the war, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.
>“How do you explain the publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals?” asked Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, citing the Times report.
>U.S. Central Command had shrunk from 10 officers to just one over the course of the last year.Most of those officers were reassigned to new positions within the command and continue to play a role in preventing civilian deaths, Cooper said. But it was unclear from Admiral Cooper’s testimony what role they were playing.
>“The idea that they only are looking into one is pretty ridiculous,” said Emily Tripp, the executive director of Airwars, a British nonprofit that investigates civilian deaths in war. Airwars has recorded at least 300 civilian casualty events in Iran, many of which resulted from large bombs being dropped on heavily populated areas. “Why are they not looking into any of those?” Ms. Tripp asked. “We know they have the team and the infrastructure to do so.”
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Third deadliest school attack over the past 55 years
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Cooper isn’t a Trump hire either; he’s been in this for decades. Just in case anyone still believes that the crimes and lies perpetuated by the military come birthed from poorly chosen civilian leadership, rather than being a fundamental function of their own. He needs to be out in the next Democratic administration.
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Ah yes, “Civilians”. The innocent race of sentient humans allegedly living in the nation we’re at war with. We have dismissed this claim.
>Admiral Brad Cooper’s testimony suggested that he believed that the U.S. military’s record since that Feb. 28 strike had been near perfect, a fact belied by investigations from human rights groups and news media organizations. Senators greeted Admiral Cooper’s claims with deep skepticism, and a human rights group that investigates civilian casualties in war called it “ridiculous.”
>The U.S. military still has not taken responsibility for the school strike, which Admiral Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command, said remained under investigation. The New York Times has verified damage to 22 schools and 17 health care facilities. The Iranian Red Crescent Society, the country’s primary humanitarian relief organization, said on April 2 that at least 763 schools and 316 health care facilities had been damaged or destroyed in the war. At least 1,700 Iranian civilians have been killed in the war, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency.
>“How do you explain the publicly available information that 22 schools have been hit and multiple hospitals?” asked Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, citing the Times report.
>U.S. Central Command had shrunk from 10 officers to just one over the course of the last year.Most of those officers were reassigned to new positions within the command and continue to play a role in preventing civilian deaths, Cooper said. But it was unclear from Admiral Cooper’s testimony what role they were playing.
>“The idea that they only are looking into one is pretty ridiculous,” said Emily Tripp, the executive director of Airwars, a British nonprofit that investigates civilian deaths in war. Airwars has recorded at least 300 civilian casualty events in Iran, many of which resulted from large bombs being dropped on heavily populated areas. “Why are they not looking into any of those?” Ms. Tripp asked. “We know they have the team and the infrastructure to do so.”
Third deadliest school attack over the past 55 years
Cooper isn’t a Trump hire either; he’s been in this for decades. Just in case anyone still believes that the crimes and lies perpetuated by the military come birthed from poorly chosen civilian leadership, rather than being a fundamental function of their own. He needs to be out in the next Democratic administration.