Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 13, 2022: Interview with David Philipps

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(1.) DAVID PHILIPPS is a Pulitzer-Prize winning correspondent covering the military for the New York Times. Phillipps says the United States air war against ISIS seems to have been particularly brutal on innocent civilians in Syria. He reported on a secret unit in the US military that picked targets for airstrikes, circumventing rules to protect non-combatants and often killing farmers in their fields and families trying to flee combat. Despite complaints from others in the military and the CIA, Philipps reports, the attacks have been largely unacknowledged by the military, and no one has been disciplined for the civilian deaths. His latest book, about the Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq and acquitted of the most serious charges is Alpha: Eddie Gallagher and the War for the Soul of the Navy SEALs. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THROUGH TO THE END OF THE SHOW) (THIS INTERVIEW BY DAVE DAVIES)