New report mentions killing of civilians in U.S. attack to kill leader ISIS
WASHINGTON – A newly released document has revealed that civilians were also killed in the 2019 U.S. raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The document shows that U.S. forces opened fire from a helicopter on a van carrying three civilians, two of whom were killed and one injured.
The Pentagon has not provided solid evidence that the victims were enemy combatants and has not interviewed the sole survivor of the attack.
Experts have questioned the Pentagon’s assessment of the attack.
They say it appears to be an attempt to cover up civilian casualties caused by U.S. military operations.
U.S. special forces had stormed al-Baghdadi’s hideout near Barisha in Syria’s Idlib province in October 2019.
The sole survivor of the raid, 39-year-old laborer Barakat Ahmad, told NPR that the two men killed were his friends and that they were on their way home after working at a local olive press.
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