The US Just Killed 30 Innocent People in Afghanistan. Let’s Pretend It Was London.

Thirty Afghan farmers were killed in a U.S. drone strike last week. Photo U.S. Air ForceLt Col Leslie PrattPublic Domain

A US official in the UK has indicated that he is “working with local authorities” and “examining the intelligence” that led to a drone strike late last week that took the lives of 30 customers at a restaurant in central London. It appears that the intended target of the strike was a gathering of IS leaders, and that the group attacked — at an Italian restaurant celebrating the 70th birthday of one of the confirmed dead — was mistaken for the IS cell. In addition to the dead were over 40 wounded, many with life-threatening injuries. A number of children were among the 70 casualties.

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