Centcom office focused on reducing civilian deaths cut from 10 employees to one
Key takeaways
- He said the nine are still focused on reducing civilian casualties, but are now integrated into other capacities, insisting that dozens, if not hundreds of people are involved in the issue writ large.
- Preliminary findings from an ongoing military investigation found that a Feb.
- Centcom officers created target coordinates for the strike using outdated data provided by the Defense Intelligence Agency, people briefed on the investigation told The New York Times in March.
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Central Command head Adm. Brad Cooper on Thursday confirmed that the office focused on civilian-harm reduction for the military arm was cut from 10 employees to one, a revelation that follows a deadly bombing of an Iranian school at the start of America s war against Tehran.
Cooper, the top U.S. military leader in the Middle East, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that the nine individuals were playing a key role in helping us move from compliance to culture when it comes to the Biden-era Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response action plan.
He said the nine are still focused on reducing civilian casualties, but are now integrated into other capacities, insisting that dozens, if not hundreds of people are involved in the issue writ large.