Article 4FQBH Raqqa is in ruins like a modern Dresden. This is not 'precision bombing'

Raqqa is in ruins like a modern Dresden. This is not 'precision bombing'

by
Kate Allen
from World news | The Guardian on (#4FQBH)

Thousands of Syrians are dead and their city devastated. How dare the US, UK and French militaries speak of 'surgical strikes'?

From Kosovo to Iraq and Syria, the US and its military allies have for years told a tale of "precision bombing" and "surgical strikes". It was a lie then and it's a lie now. When huge numbers of bombs and missiles are unleashed on densely populated cities like Mosul or Raqqa, civilians are killed in their hundreds - possibly thousands. But still, the myth of precision and "meticulous processes" persists. Not least because militaries like our own refuse to even go back to the cities they've bombed, and refuse to acknowledge deaths unless presented with irrefutable evidence from the likes of Amnesty.

Last week I did what UK, US and French military officials refuse to do: I went to Raqqa to see for myself what has happened to this city as a result of mass bombardments by the US-led coalition between June and October 2017.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.theguardian.com/theguardian/world/rss
Feed Title World news | The Guardian
Feed Link https://www.theguardian.com/world
Feed Copyright Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024
Reply 0 comments