Middle East

(asked on 15th December 2014) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of civilian casualties caused by air strikes against ISIS by Western forces.


Answered by
Lord Wallace of Saltaire Portrait
Lord Wallace of Saltaire
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 23rd December 2014
The coalition, which includes a number of regional partners, as well as ‘western’ nations, takes every possible precaution to avoid civilian casualties, unlike the ISIL terrorists who show no respect for human rights or human life within the territory they control. Coalition targets are selected with the utmost care, the times of attack are carefully chosen and precision guided weapons are used. We are not aware of UK strikes causing civilian casualties.
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