Over the weekend, there were reports that during an attack on a jihadi/Baathist stronghold in the town of Aaytha (30mi south of Mosul), we accidentally hit the wrong structure, killing anywhere from 5-14 people.
Well, it turns out that we didn’t miss all that badly,
Meanwhile, in a village near the northern city of Mosul, where the U.S. military reported that it had mistakenly dropped a 500-pound bomb on the wrong target Saturday, residents said the Americans actually hit the correct house, killing an insurgent who they said had killed Iraqi security forces.
The residents of Aaytha, 30 miles south of Mosul, said the bomb hit the home of the Numan family, members of the prominent Sunni Muslim Jubori tribe, one of the largest in Iraq. Witnesses said the blast killed 14 members of the family, including 10 women and children. Neighbors said a toddler related to the family was the sole survivor.
Imagine that, a cowardly insurgent, surrounding himself with women and children, hoping they would act as human shields and save his life.
Found @ The RantingProfs via Judicious Asininity