Targeting mosques: Help me understand

[jcustis]

Those are classified targeting procedures, and you won't find NSL or SPINS governing the process or results in the unclass realm (or at least shouldn't). The level of detail found in those joint pubs is about as far as it goes.

[Hassner]

Those are classified targeting procedures, and you won't find NSL or SPINS governing the process or results in the unclass realm (or at least shouldn't). The level of detail found in those joint pubs is about as far as it goes.

Thanks, jcustis. Do you think there might be a way to learn more about procedure (i.e.: who is responsible for making decisions and in what order)?

[jcustis]

Thanks, jcustis. Do you think there might be a way to learn more about procedure (i.e.: who is responsible for making decisions and in what order)?

There's not much more to tell, and I think we're done here. US forces do not deliberately target mosques. US forces will certainly engage hostile enemy forces firing from mosques and at friendly forces, so it is not as though they automatically get a free pass.

You might be better served by submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to the Department of Defense.