Monday’s Mosul carnage: U.S.-led coalition strikes killing civilians

At least 43 civilians, including women and children, were killed Monday by airstrikes carried out by U.S.-led coalition aircraft in western Mosul, according to a senior Iraqi military officer.


"Coalition warplanes at dawn Monday struck a Daesh position in Mosul’s central Bab Sinjar district," the officer, who holds the rank of brigadier in the Interior Ministry’s rapid-reaction forces, told Anadolu Agency.

"The airstrike led to the death of 23 civilians -- including women, children and elderly people -- while also destroying the intended target and killing the militants holed up inside," the officer, who spoke anonymously due to restrictions on speaking to media, said.

The same source went on to note that coalition aircraft had conducted a second airstrike -- minutes after the first -- ostensibly targeting a Daesh position in western Mosul’s Al-Tawwafa area.

"That strike led to the death of 20 people from a single family,” he said.

Spokesmen from the U.S.-led coalition and the Iraqi military, for their part, have yet to comment on Monday’s reported carnage.
 [aa.com.tr]
27/3/17
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