Exhibit 272 · News investigation
Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes (The Civilian Casualty Files)
To date, The Times has received 1,311 out of at least 2,866 reports — known as credibility assessments — examining airstrikes in Iraq and Syria between September 2014 and January 2018.
Based on 1,311 of at least 2,866 CENTCOM credibility assessments (Iraq and Syria, September 2014 to January 2018) obtained under FOIA and litigation. Reports 216 deemed credible; of the 1,311, one site visit and two witness interviews; military count of 1,417 civilians killed in Iraq and Syria and at least 188 in Afghanistan since 2018.
- Source
- The New York Times (Azmat Khan)
- Date
- 18 December 2021
- Quoted from
- Article text, paragraph on the records
- Grade
- Reported
- Document
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/18/us/airstrikes-pentagon-records-civilian-deaths.html
- Accessed
- 2026-11-09
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- DoD, or DoD's Section 1057 reports.