PENTAGON U zračnom napadu koalicije ubijeno 18 savezničkih boraca

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epa04422741 A handout picture made available by the US Department of Defense (DoD) on 29 September 2014 shows a pair of US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles flying over northern Iraq early in the morning of 23 September 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. These aircraft were part of a large coalition strike package that was the first to strike Islamic State (IS or ISIL) targets in Syria. Al-Nusra, a branch of al-Qaeda operating in Syria, was hit by US airstrikes on 23 September, the same day the US and allies launched raids against the Islamic State group, which split from al-Qaeda last year and has seized swathes of Syria and neighboring Iraq. The US Congress has also authorized the equipping and training of moderate Syrian rebel groups who are to fight Islamic State militants on the ground. But even some moderate rebel groups have reacted angrily to the strikes against al-Nusra, asking why they are not receiving more military aid and arguing that regime forces should also be targeted. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said al-Jaulani's group lost 57 fighters in the raids. The US said it was targeting a network of al-Qaeda veterans who were preparing overseas attacks. US president Barack Obama blamed instability in Syria for giving extremists space to thrive. In an interview on 28 September, Obama said his director of national intelligence already had acknowledged that US intelligence underestimated what had been taking place in Syria.  EPA/HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY

U zračnom napadu međunarodne koalicije protiv Islamske države IS) slučajno je ubijeno 18 savezničkih boraca Sirijskih demokratskih snaga (SDF), objavio je Pentagon u četvrtak.

“Pogrešno usmjeren napad” izvršen je u utorak južno od Tabke, grada na sjeveru Sirije.

Napad su zatražile “partnerske snage” koje su metu identificirale kao lokaciju boraca IS-a, kažu u Pentagonu.

SDF je koalicija koja pod američkom palicom ujedinjuje sirijske Kurde i Arape.

Pentagon nije otkrio više detalja o tome tko je zatražio zračni napad u sklopu operacije oslobađanja Rake, neslužbene prijestolnice IS-a u Siriji.

U priopćenju stoji kako je napadnuta lokacija bila na području gdje su napredovale snage SDF-a.

SDF je “izrazio snažnu želju za nastavak usredotočenosti na borbu protiv IS-a države unatoč ovoj tragediji”, dodaje se.

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