The US military tried to cover up a deadly attack on Syrian civilians that killed as many as 80 people claiming that women and children could have been te
The US military tried to cover up a deadly attack on Syrian civilians that killed as many as 80 people, claiming that women and children could have been terrorist fighters, according to a NYT investigation. On March 18, 2019, a US F-15E fighter jet dropped a bomb on « a large crowd of women and children huddled against a river bank » near the town of Baghuz and then proceeded to drop several more, killing survivors, according to a New York Times report published on Saturday. The attack reportedly shocked even US military officers, who watched the incident unfold live through a drone camera and questioned whether it could be considered a war crime. However, the bombing was soon covered up by the military and an investigation never took place, the report claimed. « At nearly every step, the military made moves that concealed the catastrophic strike, » the report alleged, claiming that « the death toll was downplayed, » reports were « delayed, sanitized and classified, » the blast site was bulldozed, and « top leaders were not notified, » in an effort to keep what happened firmly under wraps.
