The
Americans don’t seem to be able to help themselves – but it’s
all the Russians’ fault – lol.
US
Warplane Attacked School Near Iraqi Mosul, Casualties Reported -
Russian MoD
A
US Air Force jet attacked a school near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the
Russian General Staff said.
29
October, 2016
"There
are new cases of [US-led] coalition's airstrikes on civilian targets.
On October 24, US Air Force's tactical aircraft launched missile and
bomb strikes on a school building in the village of Tall Kayf located
14 kilometers north of Mosul at 3:35. As a result of the strike,
there are dead and wounded," Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy, chief of
the Russian General Staff Main Operational Directorate, said.
"The
activity of the coalition's strikes in this [residential] area has
been further intensified, including using B-52 strategic bombers,"
Rudskoy dded.
"The number of civilian casualties will only
increase," Rudskoy noted. Oo October 25, the Russian General
Staff said that more than 60 civilians had been killed and 200
wounded in coalition airstrikes on Mosul residential districts during
the last three days.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday that
the US-led coalition launched strikes on a funeral procession in the
Iraqi town of Daquq near the city of Kirkuk, killing dozens of
civilians.
On
October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of
a military operation to recapture Mosul from Daesh with the help of
airstrikes by the US-led coalition.
Earlier, the Russian Defense
Ministry said that targeting mistakes by the member countries of the
international coalition occur too often.
"Weddings, funerals,
hospitals, police departments, humanitarian convoys and even Syrian
troops, fighting against Daesh terrorists near Deir ez-Zor, become
targets for coalition airstrikes," Konashenkov stressed.
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