Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that the Defense Department was also working with the State Department to help surviving family members relocate to the United States.
Kirby said the matter arose in a meeting Thursday between Dr. Colin Kahl, under secretary of defense for policy, and Dr. Steven Kwon, founder and president of the nonprofit group Nutrition & Education International. “Dr. Kahl reiterated Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s commitment to the families, including offering ex gratia condolence payments,” Kirby said. He did not say how much money would be offered.
On Aug. 29, a U.S. Hellfire missile struck a car driven by Zemerai Ahmadi, who had just pulled into the driveway of the Ahmadi family compound. In all, 10 members of the family, including seven children, were killed in the strike.Weeks later, Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, called the strike a “tragic mistake” and said innocent civilians were indeed killed in the attack.
Don't use tax payer's money. Use the money from the officer's own family.
Imagine if they did this for every “tragic mistake” over the last twenty years, the entire defense budget would be gone every single year just making these payments
It was a war zone. Mistakes happen in war zones. We should not start a precedent of making condolence payments.
Who says you can’t put a price on human lives.
It wasn't a mistake, it was a terrorist strike. No better than what ISIS did. The US needs to stop pretending they are the 'good guys'. If this has been done by ISIS there is no way in hell the US would have accepted it as a mistake.
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