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Hidden Pentagon records reveal patterns of failure in deadly airstrikes

By Azmat Khan
New York Times·
49 mins to read

The promise was a war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs. The documents show flawed intelligence, faulty targeting, years of civilian deaths — and scant accountability.

Shortly before 3am on July 19, 2016, US Special Operations forces bombed what they believed were three Islamic State "staging areas" on the outskirts of Tokhar, a riverside hamlet in northern Syria. They reported 85 fighters killed. In fact, they hit houses far from the front line, where farmers, their families and other

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