US Air Strikes Have Killed 533 Militants In Syria, 32 Civilians
[su_center_ad](Reuters) – Air strikes by U.S.-led forces have killed 553 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which tracks the violence said on Thursday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the vast majority of the deaths, 464, were militants from Islamic State, an al Qaeda offshoot which…
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rg9rts October 23rd, 2014 at 1:53 pm
Any guess as to the toll taken by ISIS???
edmeyer_able October 23rd, 2014 at 2:12 pm
While any civilian death is regrettable,when keeping this type of “SCORE” it must be remembered what the alternative is in letting isis run wild.
I wish I knew an alternative to what we are doing and am open to suggestions.
Scopedog October 23rd, 2014 at 6:19 pm
“I wish I knew an alternative to what we are doing and am open to suggestions.”
You’re honest, that’s for sure. I also have no idea what the alternative should be, because ignoring ISIL (and the civil war in Syria) will certainly have deleterious effects down the road.
I’ll put my trust in the President and his advisors, since they’re the only adults in the room in DC and have access to more information than we do.
Scopedog October 23rd, 2014 at 6:17 pm
And how many civilians have died via ISIL and Assad’s forces?
The civilian deaths are truly sad and regrettable, but as edmeyer_able said: “it must be remembered what the alternative is in letting ISIS run wild.”