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5 YEARS AGO TODAY: The U.S. military conducts a deadly drone strike on a 1996 Toyota Corolla in Kabul, Afghanistan, claiming it was a “righteous” attack on “a vehicle known to be an imminent ISIS-K threat.” Weeks later, after an in-depth New York Times investigation challenged the official account, the Pentagon admitted that they had actually killed 10 civilians, including an aid worker and 7 children, and zero “terrorists.” “Almost everything senior defense officials asserted in the hours, and then days, and then weeks after the Aug. 29 drone strike turned out to be false.” “In short, the car posed no threat at all...” Sources here: https://decensorednews.substack.com/p/us-drone-strike-kills-civilians-afghanistan-aug-2021