Newsweek: Mosul Battle: U.S. Coalition, Iraq Killed Ten Times More Civilians Than They Claim
The number of civilians killed by the U.S.-led coalition's campaign against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was almost ten times higher than the coalition claims, a new investigation has found.
According to an Associated Press count, which cited the reports of grave diggers, morgue workers and volunteers, between 9,000 and 11,000 Mosul residents were killed in the nine-month battle to liberate the city that ISIS held for three years.
Of those killed, Iraqi or coalition forces were responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths in airstrikes or ground fire conducted from the beginning of the offensive in October 2016 to July 2017. The coalition says it is responsible for only 326 of the deaths, but also claims that it does not have adequate resources on the ground to investigate the total number of deaths.
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More News On The AP Report Estimating That 9,000 to 11,000 Civilians Were Killed In The Battle To Free Mosul
Vast undercount of Mosul dead: 9,000 civilians paid in blood -- AP
The US spent months battling ISIS in Mosul. At least 9,000 civilians were killed in the crossfire. -- VOX
'None of this was worth it': Up to 11,000 civilians killed in battle to free Mosul, AP probe reveals -- RT
As many as 11,000 dead in Mosul: report -- Middle East Eye
2 comments:
It's not just that 11000 civilians died but how they had to live their final weeks and months, experience their final moments and the inhumanity of it all, including the mass graves. Can you imagine all the children not having a full life..and being killed like that. ..because of these Isis f*ckers. .we need to find them all and hunt them down wherever they hide and however long it takes. Just like we did with nazis who tried to go undercover back then.
I'm not so sure this is as bad as it sounds. In WWII Manila was fought over by US and Japanese troops house by house, block by block just like happened Mosul. I imagine tactics and weapons weren't terribly different either with small units doing the fighting with personal weapons. Manila suffered an estimated 100,000 civilian deaths.
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