The investigation comes amid new scrutiny on the U.S. military for strikes that cause innocent deaths. And it has all prompted Austin to order the department to create a new “Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Action Plan” to better prevent civilian deaths in military operations. He also ordered Army Gen. Michael Garrett, currently the head of U.S. Army Forces Command, to do an independent review of the Baghuz strike.
The strike killed a longtime employee of an American humanitarian organization and nine of his family members, including seven children. The U.S. has promised to pay financial reparations to the family, and potentially get them out of Afghanistan, but none of that has happened yet. The initial investigation into the attack concluded that the strike constituted legitimate self-defense in support of Syrian partner forces under fire from the Islamic State group. Garrett, in his investigation, agreed with that conclusion.
Asked why no one was being held personally accountable for the civilian deaths, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Tuesday that Austin was holding the department accountable, and that’s why he ordered changes in the process.“I understand the questions about accountability, I get it,” Kirby told Pentagon reporters. “In this case, Gen.
Well of course not because that would be insane to deliberately cause civilian casualties. A family was killed so you answers for that?
We kill ourselves, we review ourselves, we punish ourselves (kinda), The Greatest Perpetrator of Human Rights, The Greatest Invader in the current times. And if others don’t like us we put sanctions on them.
Imagine if Russian military were to investigate Russian military actions in Ukraine and concluded that they didn't violate the law of war
JimLaPorta 'Putin found Putin did nothing wrong.' wait. oh shit.
Killing dozens of civilians at one strike is no war crime, neither is concealing it for two years. How come the USA is in the sole privilege to define 'war crime'.
But war crimes when Russia does it
Of course not🙄
The US exonerating themselves before the next push...
Many other events such as in Libya, Afghanistan, and others. Didn't violate the law, did it? Whatever you say, the world doesn't believe you any longer.
US military has investigated itself and concluded that no law has been violated
It wasn't deliberate it was blue on blue. Highlights the futility of war.
Does Russia get to investigate themselves too? How does this work exactly?
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