Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 16 November 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged. The survivors of those strikes have been left wondering why their families were targeted. Guests: Basim Razzo, who survived an airstrike on his home in Mosul, Iraq; Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter who has been looking into civilian deaths in the fight against ISIS. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.8	This is the day.
0:37.6	Today, the US-led battle against ISIS, hailed as the most precise air campaign in history,
0:48.2	is killing far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged.
0:59.2	It's Thursday, November 16.
1:05.8	For weeks, Iraqi ground units were unable to push into the city.
1:09.9	The government requested airstrikes from the US-led coalition.
1:13.4	Today, I authorized two operations in Iraq, targeted airstrikes to protect our American
1:19.4	personnel and a humanitarian effort to help save thousands of Iraqi civilians were trapped
1:26.4	on a mountain without food.
1:27.9	This morning, 120 total US-era strikes across Iraq now proving effective.
1:34.3	The US commanders say precise and effective airstrikes near Mosul have helped repel
1:40.2	ISIL fighters.
1:41.9	Those strikes have been among the most precise strikes that we have ever taken.
1:47.8	The percentage, I won't go into it here, but I will tell you to be astonished.
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