Pentagon: Four ‘likely’ civilian deaths in March airstrikes

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SINJAR, IRAQ – NOVEMBER 16: A silk rose lay in the rubble of an airstrike on November 16, 2015 in Sinjar, Iraq. Kurdish forces, with the aid of months of U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, liberated the town from ISIL extremists, known in Arabic as Daesh, in recent days. Although the battle was deemed a major victory, much of the city lay in complete ruins. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

A US Air Force investigation has concluded that four civilians, potentially including a child, were likely killed in a March 13, 2015, airstrike near al-Hatra, Iraq.

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