JUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: The U.S. commander in Iraq now says there’s a — quote — “fair chance” that a U.S. airstrike played a role in killing scores of civilians in Mosul. It happened on March 17. But Lieutenant General Stephen Townsend also voiced doubt that the weapons used could have collapsed an entire building.
Meanwhile, an Iraqi general claimed the airstrike actually hit a tanker truck loaded with explosives that ISIS fighters were driving toward Iraqi troops.
YAHYA RASOOL, Spokesman, Joint Command Operations (through interpreter): It is a new tactic being used by the members of this terrorist …read more
Source: PBS
