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March 30, 2017

Amid Civilian Deaths, Trump Cites "Very, Very Good" Results in Iraq
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In Iraq, a suicide truck bomb struck a police checkpoint south of
Baghdad Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding about 40 others.
Meanwhile, fighting raged in western Mosul, where civilians remain
trapped amid fighting by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces and ISIS. On
Wednesday, the head of U.S. Central Command admitted to a House
committee the United States probably played a role in the deaths of as
many as 200 civilians in an airstrike on Mosul on March 17. At the White
House, President Trump said Tuesday evening the battle to retake Mosul
was going well.

President Donald Trump: "We're doing very well in Iraq. Our soldiers are
fighting and fighting like never before, and the results are very, very
good."

Meanwhile, Amnesty International continues to criticize the U.S.-backed
Iraqi Army for having told civilians to stay in Mosul amid the
months-long ongoing offensive rather than to flee. We'll have more on
the crisis in Iraq after headlines.


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