Newly obtained Pentagon documents show that the U.S. air wars in the Middle East have been marked by “deeply flawed intelligence” and resulted in thousands of civilian deaths, including many children, The New York Times reported Saturday.
It said a trove of confidential documents covering more than 1,300 reports of civilian casualties under cuts the government’s portrayal of a war fought with precision bombs.
Pledges of transparency and accountability, it said, had regularly fallen short.