UN fears 200 died in coalition airstrike on Mosul

[alp227]

Source: BBC

The United Nations has raised grave concerns about reports of high civilian casualties in the Iraqi city of Mosul.

A senior UN official in Iraq said she was stunned by accounts of "terrible loss of life", after claims that at least 200 people had been killed in an air strike by the US-led coalition.

US warplanes are supporting the Iraqi Army's mission to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS).

US media reports say an investigation is underway.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39383989

[MFM008]

1. more BLOTUS

FAIL

[Tatiana]

2. It literally makes me ill to think that Team Cheeto is in control of our military.

The 2018 midterms can't come fast enough.

[yallerdawg]

3. The Liar-in-Chief said women and children (families) were fair game.

Also, Iraq needs to get ready for the bill.

We can't kill bystanders for nothing.

[zentrum]

4. And we wonder why...

.....there are terrorists who target us.

[Warpy]

5. These pricks post their snipers and machine gun nests on rooftops

of houses where people are still trying to live. This will be especially problematic as it gets warmer, since people often want to sleep up there where breezes can get to them. Air strikes to clean out DAESH fighters will also kill the people trapped below in their homes. And no, DAESH has not been allowing them to flee until their fighters fall back and regroup over someone else's heads.

This is going to continue to be a spectacularly ugly fight against spectacularly ugly people. Airstrikes are of extremely limited value and generally counterproductive, IMO, in a densely populated area where people are being used as human shields.

(Been following this in the UK press for weeks)

[elmac]

6. While the fascists are in control screwing thinks up

there are a number of good charities we can donate to including UNICEF which 90.3% of funds goes to relief, Doctors without boarders where 88.3% of funds go toward services, International Rescue Committee where 92.4% of funds go to services and programs, ect...

[Maraya1969]

11. Thank you. I'm going to do that. I feel sick right now.

[Marthe48]

7. So sorry for this sad news

Even if trump is doing a victory lap, I think this is horrible. I hope there is an investigation of how this air strike went wrong. Or if it was planned to kill civilians.

[ManiacJoe]

8. This is telling:

Residents who have managed to flee say the militants are using civilians as human shields, hiding in houses and forcing young men to fight.

[Eugene]

9. Iraq suspends Mosul offensive after coalition airstrike atrocity

Source: The Guardian

Iraq suspends Mosul offensive after coalition airstrike atrocity

Move comes as international outrage grows over airstrikes that killed
at least 150 people in Mosul Jadida neighbourhood

Martin Chulov in Mosul, and Emma Graham-Harrison
Saturday 25 March 2017 17.35 GMT

Iraqi military leaders have ordered a pause in their push to recapture west Mosul from Islamic State as international outrage mounted over a series of airstrikes that killed at least 150 people in one district of the embattled city alone.

Rescuers continued to retrieve bodies from the rubble of the Mosul Jadida neighbourhood on Saturday, more than a week after the coalition attacks, which are believed to have led to one of the highest civilian tolls in the region since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.

A US Centcom statement confirmed coalition planes had carried out the attack on 17 March “at the request of the Iraqi security forces” and pledged to formally investigate the claims. The strike has intensified focus on civilian casualties in Mosul, where as many as 400,000 residents are thought to remain.

British planes were among those operating in west Mosul at the time. Asked if they could have been involved in the airstrikes, a spokesman said the Ministry of Defence had not seen any evidence of their involvement but did not rule out the possibility, adding: “We are aware of reports [of civilian casualties], and will support the coalition investigation as required.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/25/iraq-suspends-mosul-offensive-after-coalition-airstrike-atrocity

[Maraya1969]

10. What the fuck is the matter with these people! Who ordered this airstrike

I don't understand. Did that fucking horrible orange headed dickhead order this?