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DonViejo

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Fri Oct 21, 2016, 11:04 AM Oct 2016

Islamic State takes 550 families to be human shields in Mosul: UN

Source: Reuters

21 OCT 2016 AT 09:42 ET

Islamic State militants have taken 550 families from villages around Mosul and are holding them close to Islamic State locations in the Iraqi city, probably as human shields, a spokeswoman for the U.N. human rights office said on Friday.

U.N. spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani, citing “corroborated information” from the area, said the office was also investigating reports that Islamic State militants had killed 40 civilians in one village. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Catherine Evans)



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Islamic State takes 550 families to be human shields in Mosul: UN (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP
I wouldn't say that's an unexpected tactic in asymmetrical warfare. maxsolomon Oct 2016 #1

maxsolomon

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1. I wouldn't say that's an unexpected tactic in asymmetrical warfare.
Fri Oct 21, 2016, 01:51 PM
Oct 2016

Daesh has been preparing for as long as the Iraqi Army has.

Shia Arab troops attacking a Sunni Arab/Kurdish city, held by Sunni Arab fanatics who've been at war since 2003. there's no way this isn't going to be brutal and involve innocents dying.

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