Morning Star :: Western terror bolsters Isis terror | The People’s Daily
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the Guardian did report UN war crimes investigators recently saying the US-backed assault on the Syrian city of Raqqa, the defacto capital of Islamic State (Isis), had caused a “staggering loss of civilian life” — in a tiny article hidden on page 22 of the paper.
According to the UN inquiry at least 300 civilians have died in recent weeks, with over 160,000 people fleeing the intensifying air campaign.
The local activist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently stated the US-led coalition bombing has destroyed “almost every important building in Raqqa,” including schools and mosques.
On top of this the New York Times reported local residents as saying the coalition were using munitions loaded with white phosphorus in eastern Raqqa (the use of white phosphorus in populated areas is prohibited under international law).
The coalition has also intensified its bombing campaign in Mosul, in an attempt to dislodge Isis’s grip on the northern Iraqi city, including a March 2017 air strike that is estimated to have killed around 200 civilian