(site externe, s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)<\/span><\/a> \u00b7 washingtontimes.com<\/span><\/p>\nU.K., U.S. and Cross-Regional, 02.06.2017: Civilian Casualties in the Failed \u2018War on Terror\u2019 are a Fact of Life<\/strong><\/p>\nBritain\u2019s foreign policy and intervention in wars abroad had fueled the threat of \u00ab\u00a0terrorism\u00a0\u00bb at home, the leader of the UK\u2019s main opposition party, Jeremy Corbyn, said on Friday, June 2, 2017, as a political truce after a Manchester suicide attack came to an end. Less than two weeks before a general election, Corbyn also vowed to reverse Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s police cuts and give the security services more resources if they needed them, saying Britain could not \u00ab\u00a0be protected on the cheap\u00a0\u00bb. He added, \u00ab\u00a0Many experts, including professionals in our intelligence and security services pointed out the connections between wars that we\u2019ve been involved in or supported \u2026 in other countries, such as Libya, and terrorism here at home.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
Patrick Cockburn, a writer for The Independent, said that Corbyn \u00ab\u00a0is correct in saying that there is a strong connection between the terrorist threat in Britain and the wars Britain has fought abroad, notably in Iraq and Libya. The fact that these wars motivate and strengthen terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda and Isis has long been obvious to British intelligence officers, though strenuously denied by governments. He added, \u00ab\u00a0the real views of British intelligence agencies on the likely impact of Britain taking part in wars in the Middle East are revealed in a Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) assessment dated 10 February 2003. It says, \u00ab\u00a0the threat from al-Qaeda will increase at the onset of any military action against Iraq. They will target Coalition forces and other Western interests in the Middle East. Attacks against Western interests elsewhere are also likely, especially in the US and UK, for maximum impact. The worldwide threat from other Islamist groups and individuals will increase significantly.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
The New York Times reported that the number of civilians killed in American-led airstrikes in Iraq and Syria spiked this year, as efforts to retake Islamic State strongholds intensified and as some procedures for approving airstrikes were changed. Data compiled by Airwars, a nonprofit group that tracks reports of civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria, showed a significant jump in the number of reported deaths in the first three months of 2017. U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis said, \u00ab\u00a0civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation. We do everything humanly possible consistent with military necessity, taking many chances to avoid civilian casualties at all costs.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n