Because you’re such a bunch of bad ass tough guys ya gotta hide amongst civilians or use them as human shields to protect your collective candy ass.. Which leads to yet another issue of the war against ISIS, they have no loyalty amongst them, they have no home nor capitol, they have no uniform so by “making the sand glow” how do you count the innocent- PB/TK
U.S. confirms coalition strike in Mosul district where dozens reported killed – By Patrick Markey March 25 2017
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Saturday a U.S.-led coalition strike had hit an Islamic State-held area of Iraq’s Mosul where residents and officials say as many as 200 civilians may have been killed as result of an air raid.
The American confirmation followed a decision by Iraqi government forces to pause their drive to recapture west Mosul on Saturday because of the high rate of civilian casualties, a security forces spokesman said, a move apparently motivated by the incident.
With fighting intensifying to recapture Mosul, around half a million civilians remain in Islamic State-held areas in the west of the city, complicating use of air strikes and heavy artillery to drive the hardline militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq.
Iraqi forces are pushing into Mosul’s Old City, where fleeing residents say militants are hiding among the civilian population, sheltering in family homes and using the narrow alleyways and streets to their advantage.
What happened in the incident on March 17 in Mosul al-Jadida district is still unclear. Some residents say a coalition air strike hit an explosive-filled truck, detonating a blast that collapsed buildings packed with families.
U.S. military officials say they are investigating, but initial reports from residents and Iraqi officials in the past week said dozens of people had been killed after air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces.
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