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May 8, 2017

U.S.-Backed Iraqi Army Kills 81 Civilians in Strike on Mosul
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In international news, Iraq's military has admitted its forces bombed a
school in western Mosul in an attack on May 4 that left scores of
civilians dead. The journalistic monitoring group Airwars reported the
strike killed up to 81 civilians and left 86 others injured. Video
posted online purports to show the aftermath of the attack, with dead
children pulled from a flattened school. Iraq's army denied targeting
civilians, saying it instead targeted an ISIS bomb factory. The violence
came as civilians trapped in Mosul reported desperate conditions. This
is injured resident Qusay Adil Muhammad.

Qusay Adil Muhammad: "People are hungry and starving to death. There is
nothing left. There isn't any water. People are so thirsty they would
drink from the well, which is full of diseases. Children and women were
eating grass."



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