Airwars project details ‘credible reports’ of at least 459 non-combatant deaths, including 100 children, in 52 air strikes
The air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has killed more than 450 civilians, according to a new report, even though the US-led coalition has so far acknowledged just two non-combatant deaths.
More than 5,700 air strikes have been launched in the campaign, which nears its first anniversary this Saturday, with its impact on civilians largely unknown.
Now Airwars, a project by a team of independent journalists, is publishing details of 52 strikes with what it believes are credible reports of at least 459 non-combatant deaths, including those of more than 100 children.
It says there is a “worrying gulf between public and coalition positions” on the campaign’s toll on civilians.
To date the US Central Command (Centcom), the lead force in the campaign, has published one official investigation – a report in May that found two children were killed in a November 2014 strike in Syria.
The coalition’s lead commander, Lt Gen John Hesterman, has called the campaign “the most precise and disciplined in the history of aerial warfare”.
But Airwars project leader Chris Woods told the Guardian: “The emphasis on precision in our view hasn’t been borne out by facts on the ground.”
When I see romantic things like cuddling, kissing etc on tv and stuff I really want to do that because I think it will feel nice but when I actually do the romantic stuff, my heart beats a lot but it doesn't really feel like anything special and I get really disappointed. Is this aromanticism?
Not in and of itself. I feel like there’s a word for this but I can’t figure it out, but bascially what’s happening is fantasy is better than reality. When you see an idealized version of romance that does not involve you, it looks awesome, but the real version of romance that involves you does not live up to the promise.
Truth be told, romance isn’t necessarily all that special. If you aren’t enjoying it, don’t waste your time on it. If it’s nice, but not as nice as you’d imagine, well… that’s all you’ve got. It’s okay.
Yeah, that’s fine. The names of places like counties, towns, lakes, and rivers aren’t always unique. For example, there’s a Santa Fe River in both New Mexico and Florida, but they aren’t related or connected in any way. There are two Lake Jacksons in Florida: one in the panhandle and one in the southern part of the state. There are also several Horseshoe Lakes around the world.
I swear to God, if I hear any more shit about millenials thinking it's "cool" to move in with their parents, or anything else that ignores the poverty & debt faced by millenials, I'm ripping heads right the fuck off.
Art, be it poetry, music, sculpture, puppetry—the whole of it, inspires change on a personal level rather than a global one. This is important because the individual is the whole. The creation of art argues that people are connected, ideas are connected, the past and future are connected by this moment.
Jamaal May, interviewed by Stacey Balkun for The Normal School (via bostonpoetryslam)
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