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Exhibit 273

Complaint, Khan v. U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Central Command, No. 1:18-cv-05334 (S.D.N.Y.)

Exhibit 273 · Court filing

Complaint, Khan v. U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Central Command, No. 1:18-cv-05334 (S.D.N.Y.)

Ms. Khan’s FOIA requests seek specific records concerning allegations of civilian casualties and related reporting procedures from the U.S.-led operation in Iraq and Syria known as “Operation Inherent Resolve.”

FOIA complaint over three requests for CENTCOM records on civilian-casualty allegations in Operation Inherent Resolve; the lawsuit is a source of the records the Times analyzed.

Source
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (plaintiff Azmat Khan)
Date
13 June 2018
Quoted from
Complaint para. 1, p. 1
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.rcfp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2018-06-13-Khan-v.-DoD-Complaint.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding DEF-5.10
Reported The New York Times reported in December 2021 that, among 1,311 CENTCOM civilian-casualty assessments it obtained, investigators visited the strike site in one and interviewed witnesses or survivors in two.