Pentagon report: US military killed 132 civilians in conflicts in 2019

While the number is lower than independent monitors claim, some have still recognized the report as a step forward in accountability.
U.S. soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment cover their faces as a Blackhawk helicopter takes off during a mission for Brigadier General Christopher Bentley to inspect an Afghan National police installation in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan December 16, 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS MILITARY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1EACG1TN401
US soldiers from the 3rd Cavalry Regiment cover their faces as a Black Hawk helicopter takes off during a mission for Brigadier General Christopher Bentley to inspect an Afghan National Police installation in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Dec. 16, 2014. - REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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The US military said its operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia killed 132 civilians and injured 91 others in 2019, according to an annual report released to Congress yesterday.

The report also said US military actions had caused a previously undeclared 79 additional civilian casualties in 2017-2018.

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