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The incidents described occurred in Idlib, Syria between June 2016 to August 2016. This was contemporaneous with the US effort to support the Syrian Kurds aroun
by trynumber9 6y ago
The incidents described occurred in Idlib, Syria between June 2016 to August 2016. This was contemporaneous with the US effort to support the Syrian Kurds around Raqqa. But Idlib is quite far away.
Secondly, Airwars.org does not show US strikes in that area and the US insists coalition forces in general did not have any air strikes at Idlib during the time in question.
Finally, I do not find the title to be a fair summary of their argument for dismissal:
>Plaintiff lacks standing to pursue this suit. Plaintiff alleges that he was in the vicinity of five near-misses in Syria—a nation with an ongoing civil war. But he alleges no facts specifically linking the United States to those attacks. The most he offers is an unsupported assertion that one attack involved a type of missile used by the United States, among other countries. And he likewise fails to plausibly allege that any of these attacks, even if attributable to the United States, actually targeted him.
- CapricornNoble 6y agoThat's a pretty sound technical argument, sadly. My understanding is that Idlib is mostly where the Russian and Syrian Air Forces were bombing the Turkish-backed jihadis. I wonder if the Turkish Air Force (largely equipped with US ordnance on US-made F-16s) was flying sorties in the region as well?
- kingofpandora 6y agoThe Turkish Airforce would have been supporting the groups operating in Idlib (of course, if it was the TAF, they may have simply made a mistake).
- CapricornNoble 6y agoYes, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were "friendly fire" incidents between the jihadis and their covert air support provider.