The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates November 10, 2016

CNN: Mosul: Amnesty accuses 'Iraqi police' of unlawful killings, torture

(CNN)Rights group Amnesty International has accused men in Iraqi police uniforms of torture and unlawfully killing villagers "in cold blood," in the operation to liberate the city of Mosul from ISIS control.

Amnesty said in a statement Thursday that up to six people were extrajudicially executed in late October, apparently due to suspicions they had ties to the ISIS militant group.

"Men in Federal Police uniform have carried out multiple unlawful killings, apprehending and then deliberately killing in cold blood residents in villages south of Mosul. In some cases the residents were tortured before they were shot dead execution-style," said Lynn Maalouf, Deputy Director for Research at Amnesty International's regional office in Beirut.

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The Battle For Mosul -- News Updates November 10, 2016

Mosul battle: 'Iraqi forces' tortured and killed villagers -- BBC
Iraq forces accused of killing, torturing civilians south of Mosul -- Reuters
Iraqi forces accused of killing civilians near Mosul -- Al Jazeera
Iraqi police deny Amnesty report of extrajudicial killings south of Mosul -- RUDAW
Revenge Looms in Mosul as IS Victims Seek Justice -- VOA
Iraqi forces preparing advance on south Mosul -- Reuters
Iraq Troops Slow Mosul Advance as They Clear Neighborhoods -- AP
Battle for IS-held Mosul nears ancient site -- AFP
Iraqi forces preparing advance on south Mosul -- Irish Times
'Crashing waves' of jihadists fray soldiers' nerves in Mosul battle -- Reuters
Waves of ISIS suicide bombers turning battle for Mosul into a ‘nightmare’ as Iraqi troops warn jihadis wearing explosive vests are impossible to spot among civilians -- The Sun
US coalition: 1363 ISIS fighters killed Since launch of Mosul battle -- Iraqi News
ISIS crucifies civilians and carries out mass electrocutions in bid to keep control of Mosul as the terror group loses grip of its Iraqi capital -- Daily Mail
Mosul: Isis fighters 'used us as human shields' say Iraqi refugees -- International Business Times
Families describe their escape from Mosul: ‘We just came from the dead’ -- Relief Web
Mosul operation is the beginning of the end of ISIS, U.N. says -- AP
‘They Are Heading Towards the Snipers’ -- Florian Neuhof, Daily Beast
Rivalry in Mosul campaign risk splitting Iraq, says Iranian official -- Financial Times
In Once-Tolerant Mosul, a Social Unraveling That Feels Permanent -- NYT