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December 22, 2017

Iraq: U.S. Coalition Killed 11,000 Civilians in Battle for Mosul
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A new investigation by the Associated Press has found as many as 11,000
civilians were killed in the U.S.-backed battle to recapture the Iraqi
city of Mosul from the self-proclaimed Islamic State. The figure is far
higher than official estimates. The U.S.-led coalition has claimed it is
responsible for just 326 deaths, but the coalition never sent anyone to
investigate civilian casualties. Chris Woods of the monitoring group
Airwars described the attack on Mosul as "the biggest assault on a city
in a couple of generations."


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