A
new United Nations report suggests that a large number of civilians,
1 in 4, were killed by the United States-led coalition’s airstrikes
during the Battle of Mosul.
According
to a new report published by the United Nations, airstrikes launched
by the U.S.-led coalition led to the death of 1 in 4 civilians during
the operation to ‘liberate’ the city from the Islamic State
group.
The
report, commissioned by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
(OHCHR) and the UN assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), reported that
at an “absolute minimum,” 2,521 civilians were killed and 1,673
wounded during the U.S.-led coalition operation to retake the Islamic
State group’s so-called capital in Iraq.
Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi, the ‘caliph’ of the Islamic State group,
announced the creation of the ‘Islamic State’ in Mosul’s
al-Nuri Mosque in 2014.
The
UN report indicated that at least 741 of the victims were directly
killed by the Islamic State group, 1,780 are thought to have been
killed as a result of clashes within the city, and at least 461 were
killed by airstrikes launched by the U.S.-led coalition during the
operation.
The
coalition confirmed its involvement in the death of 295 civilians
while the rest, the report claims, “could not be attributed.”
The
report also called on human rights abusers to pay compensation to
victims. At this time, the coalition has only responded to 2
compensation requests stemming from airstrikes in Mosul.
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