Posted on 12/12/2016 5:54:55 AM PST by Enlightened1
At least 90 Iraqi soldiers have lost their lives when fighter jets from the United States Air Force (USAF) mistakenly struck their position in Mosul as government forces and allied fighters are trying to flush Daesh terrorists out of the strategic northern city.
An Iraqi army source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency on Saturday that the airstrike had targeted soldiers from the 9th Armored Division of the Iraqi army the previous day, destroying eight infantry fighting vehicles as well as four Humvee military trucks. Some 100 soldiers were also wounded as a result of the attack.
On Saturday, the commander of Nineveh Liberation Operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, said in a press statement that Iraqi counter-terrorism forces had managed to free the entire neighborhoods of al-Qadisiyah and al-Morour in the eastern quarter of Mosul from Daesh.
Yarallah added that security forces had also raised the Iraqi flag over several buildings in both districts, and inflicted heavy human and material losses on the terrorists.
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) also stated that Iraqi F-16 fighter jets had carried out airstrikes on designated targets inside Mosul, destroying three bomb-making workshops and as many arms depots.
Iraqi army soldiers, pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, also known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha'abi, and Kurdish Peshmerga forces launched joint operations on October 17 to retake Mosul from Daesh terrorists.
The Iraqi forces’ advance has, however, been slowed down due to the presence of hundreds of thousands of civilians, many of whom are prevented from leaving Mosul by Daesh.
The United Nations says more than 82,000 civilians have experienced forced displacement in the wake of Mosul operation.
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“mistake”, sure it was.......
I’m just wondering who gave the order to hit that?
Were the Iraaqis threatening the Obamamerican ISIS forces?
I’m sure it resulted from an ISIS request to the Americans.
Obama did.
Just a mistake....Bet not. Someone feeding false information to us. We don’t know the enemy...Obama said they’re our friends.
Like our ROE doesn’t require identification of the equipment being attacked... ???
More air support for ISIS courtesy of the USAF
Is ISIS going to make its own awards?
What a frickin mess this whole thing has turned into.
“I understand crap happens, but this needs to be investigated. “
The Air Force usually maintains an AF spotter on the ground who travels with the front line troops and directs air support. I’m guessing that this isn’t being done. There might be several issues. They may not have Arabic speaking people. Also, they may have lost several people to “friendly fire.” Muslims tend to kill non-Muslims because...anti-diversity. (It’s like antimatter.)
I would guess it’s hard to realize who is who even if you are on the ground with them. They look alike, dress similarly and all have American equipment. Also, they can change sides in a heartbeat.
This is a place where we should leave and come back once the dust has settled. Or, better still, just drill our own oil and leave the entire Middle East until they come out of the seventh century.
No VS panels? Strike hit armored personnel carriers and Hummers? Does ISIS have captured equipment? Mistakes happen, but I’d give the pilots the benefit of the doubt they can tell an APC from a Toyota truck... Even at F-16 attack speeds. Methinks they were fed bad intel... They hit what they were told to hit. But someone told them to hit the wrong thing...
Let me guess, they relied on CIA ‘Intelligence’.
Does this mean, they mistakenly hit our forces too? Sounds like they are incompetent or something far worse. Inexcusable.
Is this for real?
Name one time in all these years of war, has one of our airstrikes killed that many people. We send a squadron of planes with millions of munitions and maybe take out a dozen rag heads, but when its friendly fire it’s a wipe out.
Correction, millions worth of munitions.
"Rossiya Segodnya" = Russia Today = RT
So far I can't find this news from any other sources.
That’s what I said......
I think we just did a number in Syria a liitle while back. Think the kill was over sixty.,,,maybe more.
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