Over 200 civilians were killed in a US-led coalition raid on Mosul according to local reports.
Central Command have said that they were carrying out “further investigation”in what is the third such alleged incident in recent weeks.
At the same time they have insisted that all of their strikes against Mosul “comply with the Law of Armed Conflict.”
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Centcom’s official report for the Wednesday night strikes claimed they had hit “11 fighting positions” but did not mention killing hundreds of civilians.
The United Nations warned yesterday the worst was yet to come for those still trapped in the Iraqi city.
The Telegraph reports:
Some 230 bodies of mostly women and children were pulled from three adjoining houses in the Jadida neighbourhood of west Mosul overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning, according to witnesses.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) had taken over the buildings to use as sniper positions and had been holding civilians there which they had rounded up to use as human shields.
A Mosul resident who has been documenting life under Isil and now the battle for the city under the name MosulEye told the Telegraph one of the trapped residents called him yesterday pleading for help, saying they had been without food and water for four days.
“We asked them to rescue the people, but received no response,” said MosulEye, who passed the coordinates of the houses on to the Iraqi army.
He said Isil let off a car bomb in the area before the coalition air strike hit.
“This is what Isil wants,” he said. “They want the ISF (Iraqi special forces) and coalition to target civilians, this is why they are using them.”
Centcom, US Central Command, said: “We are aware of reports on airstrikes in Mosul resulting in civilian casualties. The coalition conducted several strikes near Mosul and we will provide this information to our civilian casualty team for further investigation.”
Iraqi forces are pushing into the densely-populated Old City in west Mosul, where 400,000 people are trapped in increasingly desperate conditions.
Niamh Harris
Cannot blame obama for this one righties…
Except for the part where they’re armed thanks in large part to him
Dont forget Bush helping them too… give credit where credit is due