Name: Western Allies Have Pushed ISIS Out of Raqqa. But at What Cost? | NYT Opinion
Uploaded: 2020-03-25T02:43:47.000Z
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This is the city of Raqqa, what is left after U.S., U.K.,

The military campaign was successful in pushing out

ISIS terrorists, and Raqqa was seen as a critical victory.

the bombardments also killed hundreds of civilians.

have failed to acknowledge the extent of the civilian losses

they caused and to provide the help residents desperately

This causes grievances which can create fertile recruiting

U.S. soldiers said that they used more artillery

here in Raqqa than anywhere else since the Vietnam War.

I’m a crisis investigator with Amnesty International,

and I’ve been doing this work for more than 20 years.

Until today, the U.K., U.S., and French militaries

have only acknowledged 180 civilian casualties.

and to interview 400 survivors and witnesses.

What is necessary to establish the full scale of what

has happened here is for the U.S., the U.K.

and French military to carry out a full investigation so

Quite clearly, if so many civilians were killed,

intends to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria and Iraq soon.

to provide the necessary help and reparation and relief

are all excellent recruiting tools for ISIS.

to investigating what happened during the military campaign

After all, if they had the resources for the war,

they must have the resources for the consequences