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Pentagon files NPR obtained in its investigation of casualties in the Baghdadi raid An NPR investigation found flaws in the Pentagon's claim that deadly airstrikes did not hit civilians. These are the documents NPR obtained from the Pentagon.
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NPR investigation: The Baghdadi raid files

What Pentagon documents reveal about casualties in the 2019 raid against the founder of ISIS.

Pentagon files NPR obtained in its investigation of casualties in the Baghdadi raid

NPR is making publicly available files that the Pentagon released through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, regarding reports of civilian casualties in the 2019 U.S. operation targeting ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.

An NPR investigation found flaws in the Pentagon's claim that deadly airstrikes did not hit civilians.

Pentagon documents relating to this incident that NPR obtained: