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Airwars Assessment
(Previous Incident Code: I162a)
As many as nine civilians were killed in a nighttime Coalition airstrike at Al Qaim.
While the US has conceded three deaths, one site referred at the time to “nine dead along with the destruction of civilian property, due to heavy strikes by the international Coalition at midnight yesterday on the city of Al Qaim.”
In a statement issued July 28th 2016, CENTCOM reported: “On February 15, 2016, near Al Qaim, Iraq, during a strike on an ISIL staging area, it is assessed that three civilians were killed.”
In July 2019, the Coalition provided Airwars with the location of this incident, accurate to within a 100 metre box.
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Geolocation Notes
Prior to the Coalition releasing the MGRS for this incident, Airwars had geolocated it to the nearest city at 34.3957715, 40.9943684