Global Order Kaos : US drops over 26,000 bombs around world in 2016

In Barack Obama's last year in office, the United States dropped an estimated 26,171 bombs in seven countries, which were 3,027 more than the previous year, a new report has revealed.

Most of the bombs were dropped in Iraq and Syria as part of the U.S.-led coalition campaign against the Islamic State terrorist group. Both countries sustained over 12,000 bombs each from the U.S. troops, accounting for over 92 percent of its global total when combined, according to a report conducted by the Council on Foreign Relations.

An additional 1,337 explosives were dropped in Afghanistan, marking a nearly 50 percent increase compared with 2015.

There are currently 9,800 U.S. troops in Afghanistan despite the Obama administration's original plan to withdraw all U.S. troops before leaving office.

The U.S. bombing also increased in Libya, which suffered 496 explosives. Another 34 were dropped in Yemen, 14 in Somalia and three in Pakistan.

Despite the large number of bombs dropped, the United States is not officially at war with any of the seven countries.
 [Xinhua/china.org.cn]
8/1/17
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Syria:

• Syria: The US-led coalition committed a new massacre in the countryside of the northern Raqqa province
• Syria: Warplanes of Turkish and US-led Coalition commit two massacres in al-Bab and al-Tabqa cities
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• Several Civilian Casualties in US-led Coalition Airstrike on Village in Syria's Raqqa
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• Russia says 62 Syrian troops killed in US-led strikes: Two F-16 and two A-10 jets flew into Syrian air space from Iraq
• Amnesty: US-Led Coalition Strikes Killed 300 Civilians in Syria

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Iraq:

   

• 'Coalition warplanes kill 27 civilians' in Iraq's Mosul
• Airstrike kills, wounds dozens in Qaim, Iraq
• Moscou dénonce le «carnage médiéval» et Kaos organisé par la coalition US à Mossoul
• 'Coalition warplanes kill 9 civilians' in Iraq's Mosul
• Russian Foreign Ministry Wants Probe Into US-Led Coalition Airstrikes in Iraq
• US Warplane Attacked School Near Iraqi Mosul, Casualties Reported - Russian MoD
• Over 60 civilians killed in coalition’s air strikes in Iraq. Russia ready to deliver strikes on militants moving into Syria from Iraq.
• Air raid near Iraq's Kirkuk kills 15 women: officials

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• US strikes may have killed 119 civilians in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon
• US Strikes Probably Killed More Syrian Civilians Than Pentagon Claims - Amnesty