Destruction in the Old City of Mosul. Most of its narrow streets are impassable, strewn with debris and destroyed vehicles. (Alice Martins for The Washington Post)
Musings on Iraq: Battle Of Mosul Casualties Updated
There were recently two reports released in November 2017, which proved that there were still many unaccounted for casualties from the Mosul campaign. First, the United Nations released a study on the battle that included over 1,000 dead and wounded not reported before. Than the New York Times did an in depth study of Coalition air strikes during the Mosul operation, which found that there were many more incidents of civilian deaths than the Coalition acknowledged, and that it was using a flawed system to assess whether it caused any casualties.
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WNU Editor: The battle of Mosul was in every-way a bloodbath. Read the above post. On a side note .... it is a few months old, but a more detailed report on the battle against the Islamic State in Western Iraq can be read here .... Iraq: The Wars Grind Down (Strategy Page).
1 comment:
Where is Bob Huntley, when you need him?
He would have parachuted into Modul with a Fairbairn-Sykes dagger and rifle and gone mano-a-mano without artillery or airstrikes.
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