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UsecMyNuts t1_j8bc43k wrote

Reply to comment by tripwire7 in Dirty Wars (2013) - Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill travels to Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries where the United States has taken military action in the War on Terror. Scahill investigates the United States military and government cover-up of the civilian deaths. [01:26:00] by Missing_Trillions

The US military set up roadblocks between Mogadishu and Balcad to prevent fertilisers being sent from Balcad (a farming city) to insurgents in Mogadishu to make bombs.

The only problem is that 0% of the fertiliser used or produced in Balcad could be turned into bombs.

What the roadblocks actually did (and this was known by the US at the time) was prevent medical trucks with doctors and medication reaching people in Balcad

Lots of people like to focus on bombs, they’re destructive and very loud/scary. But rarely is it bombs that do most of the harm. Even today you can see people in Balcad who suffered from things like polio or meningitis and as a result are severely disabled as a result of the blockades.

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