© Alaa Al-Marjani / ReutersSmoke rises from an air strike in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 9, 2017.
The coalition said in a statement, released on Friday, that during the month of July, it had investigated 37 reports of civilian casualties. "[of these] 13 were accessed to be credible resulting in 61 unintentional civilian deaths."
The coalition is currently investigating a total of 455 reports of civilian casualties caused by its artillery or air strikes, the statement said.
It has acknowledged at least 685 civilian deaths caused by its operations since August 2014.
"To date, based on information available, CJTF-OIR [Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve] assesses that, it is more likely than not, at least 685 civilians have been unintentionally killed by Coalition strikes since the start of Operation Inherent Resolve," the statement said, noting that the coalition takes all reports of civilian casualties "seriously and assesses all reports as thoroughly as possible."
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The deadliest incident was a March 14 strike near Mosul, in which the coalition attacked an Islamic State position where fighters were firing at coalition allies.
"During a strike on ISIS fighters engaging partner forces from a fighting position, it was assessed that 27 civilians in an adjacent structure were unintentionally killed," the coalition said.
"Although we are unable to investigate all reports of possible civilian casualties using traditional investigative methods, such as interviewing witnesses and examining the site, the Coalition interviews pilots and other personnel involved in the targeting process, reviews strike and surveillance video if available, and analyzes information provided by government agencies, non-governmental reports, partner forces, and traditional and social media."
From August 2014 to July 2017, the Coalition conducted a total of 24,160 strikes. "During this period, the total number of reports of possible civilian casualties was 1169." The total number of credible reports of civilian casualties during this time period was 164, it said.
I suspect when the pundits get around to writing the book, we'll find most of that trillion dollars went to pay off Iraq. And the supposed 'new country' in Syria's north.