Washington was looking to compensate victims of the strikes in Iraq
10/11/2015 0:00
Baghdad translation Anis al-Saffar *
In a move seen as a formal declaration by the United States military mistakes committed by Popeye against innocent civilians in Iraq, about the Pentagon «Pentagon» to open fund in the amount of five million dollars to compensate the families of civilians who died in the bombing of those those.
Press reports revealed the steps viewed by Washington in this regard. As «Daily Beast» magazine said the US military after the 3586 air strike carried out by its warplanes on the towns and cities where the armed actions of gangs of terror there, he is willing to compensate the families of Iraqis killed by American bombs in the war against «Daash» Altkvera.ooceft famous magazine, step the upcoming US administration as «a significant shift for the US military still refuses to publicly admit that he had caused the killing and wounding of innocent people, even after the implementation of thousands of air strikes».
She added: «So is the allocation of the fund now, a significant development because it is proof that the Pentagon take move in preparation to compensate civilian victims, whether they are losing a family member or an arm or a house .. ». As I explained, that in the list of the annual defense budget passed by the recent House of Representatives, there is an amount of five million dollars appropriated by the« Pentagon »for use in Iraq if What the US military caused any harm or vandalism of property.
and is expected to pass the Senate, this regulation during the week before you go to Obama to sign, and then into law.
The magazine mentioned, she noted that «were not the Department of Defense recognized by the deaths of more than a few civilians in Syria as a result of US air strikes, despite reports were that the death toll in Iraq and Syria, perhaps more than hundreds », stressing that« the Pentagon currently several open investigations and is likely to soon recognize these losses ».
and made Washington such compensation at the beginning of The battle with «Daash» in the summer of last year, but did not make it, declaring, it did not reveal the bodies that have been compensated. The disbursed as usual in such cases be up to $ 2,500 per case amounts. * {For the Daily Beast »
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