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U.S. Strikes Fall from 951 in 2020 to 439 This Year, Group Says

U.S. Strikes Fall from 951 in 2020 to 439 This Year, Group Says
Aircrew from the 489th Attack Squadron (ATKS) perform preflight safety checks before initiating the Automated Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) for an MQ-9 Reaper at Creech AFB, Nev. on Aug 3. The 489th ATKS is the first Air Combat Command squadron to use the MQ-9 Reaper’s ATLC (U.S. Air Force Photo)

U.S. strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, Somalia and Yemen have fallen 54 percent this year--from 951 last year to 439 through Nov. 30 this year, per a new report from the London-based Airwars, a non-profit that investigates civilian harm by militaries worldwide. In Afghanistan, the U.S. strikes declined from 660 in 2020 to 372 this year before the withdrawal of U.S. forces on Aug. 31; in Iraq and Syria from 201 to 58; in Somalia from 72 to 9;…

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