Should US Accept Greater Risk of Civilian Casualties in IS Fight?

Washington’s reluctance to risk civilian casualties in the U.S.-led air campaign against the Islamic State terror group is again being questioned as Iraqi forces, with the support of American air power, try to wrest control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi from IS. After weeks of fighting on Ramadi’s outskirts, Iraqi security forces crossed the Euphrates River on Tuesday and moved on the city center, trying to oust an estimated 250 to 300 Islamic State fighters.   The area is said to...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 24 décembre 2015