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       Lotfi Hassan Misto, who was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Syria on May 3, is seen in an undated photo.

      'They're All Liars': Pentagon Under Fire After US Drone Victim ID'd as Farmer With No Al-Qaeda Ties

      Family members and people who knew Lotfi Hassan Misto described him as "a kind, hard-working man whose 'whole life was spent poor,'" The Washington Post reported.

      Jake Johnson
      May 19, 2023

      The Pentagon said earlier this month, without providing evidence, that a U.S. drone strike in northwest Syria killed a "senior al-Qaeda leader."

      But U.S. military officials are now beginning to walk back the claim as the victim's family insists the father of 10 had no connections to terrorist organizations and was herding his sheep when he was slain by a Hellfire missile on the morning of May 3.

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