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The U.S. Investigates Possible Civilian Deaths During Baghdadi Raid In Syria

The military is conducting a credibility assessment of claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. operation against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Syrians ride a motorcycle past a burnt vehicle near the northwest Syrian village of Barisha in the Idlib province of Syria, near where U.S. forces raided an ISIS compound.

The U.S. military has launched a formal investigation into claims of civilian casualties during the U.S. raid against ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a military spokesman told NPR.

The investigation was prompted by an NPR report about a Syrian farmer who said his arm was blown off and his two friends were killed by U.S. helicopter fire in the village where American special forces were attacking Baghdadi's compound in October.

"Am I Baghdadi? How is this my fault? I'm just a civilian. I didn't have any weapons.

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