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While holding local residents hostage and using them as human shields in Mosul is indeed a brutal, yet common tactic of Jihadist militants, several international human rights groups have also noted that the Iraqi forces themselves repeatedly told Mosul civilians to stay at homes in order to be “safer.”
“They did not try to flee as the battle got underway because they received repeated instructions from the Iraqi authorities to remain in their homes,” a recent Amnesty International report said, citing survivors of the airstrikes which killed civilians.
“Evidence gathered on the ground in East Mosul points to an alarming pattern of US-led coalition airstrikes which have destroyed whole houses with entire families inside,” Amnesty International official Donatella Rovera said.
The US’s highest military official made the comments during a CBS ‘Face the Nation’ program, where he spoke about “accelerating the tempo” of the anti-terrorist campaign and using “annihilation tactics” against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
“We have already shifted from attrition tactics, where we shove them from one position to another in Iraq and Syria, to annihilation tactics where we surround them. Our intention is that the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home,” Mattis outlined.
“What about civilian casualties as a result of this faster tempo?” program host, John Dickerson asked.
“Civilian casualties are a fact of life in this sort of situation,” Mattis replied. He however insisted that the US military tries to “avoid civilian casualties at all costs,” doing “everything humanly possible consistent with military necessity.”
No man, no woman, no child. Islamic State do not surrender, do not retreat, so they will all be killed.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: allsee4eye
No man, no woman, no child. Islamic State do not surrender, do not retreat, so they will all be killed.
Murdering women and children if anything it will only help ISIS to spread. The stupid people haven't figured that out yet. Besides what kind of low life excuse of a human thinks it's ok to kill kids.
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originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: allsee4eye
No man, no woman, no child. Islamic State do not surrender, do not retreat, so they will all be killed.
Murdering women and children if anything it will only help ISIS to spread. The stupid people haven't figured that out yet. Besides what kind of low life excuse of a human thinks it's ok to kill kids.
originally posted by: allsee4eye
No one will be spared. No man, no woman, no child. Islamic State do not surrender, do not retreat, so they will all be killed. Islamic State is classified as a terrorist organization, so there is no legal problems with doing this.
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originally posted by: 4N0M4LY
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: allsee4eye
No man, no woman, no child. Islamic State do not surrender, do not retreat, so they will all be killed.
Murdering women and children if anything it will only help ISIS to spread. The stupid people haven't figured that out yet. Besides what kind of low life excuse of a human thinks it's ok to kill kids.
And ISIS will use the same children to commit to their cause via suicide bombings and child soldiers. Either side doesn't bode well for children in the numbers game.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: 727Sky
ISIS isn't the only people over there teaching kids how to kill. Our die hard ally Israel does the same thing.
The mission is to destroy ISIS.
WW2 style bombing campaign helped turn the tide of the war effort. It can be used to do the same thing today.
It is better to pray for forgiveness for the future children that may die versus questioning your own morals for killing child soldiers after they have tried to shoot and kill you first.
originally posted by: buster2010
a reply to: 727Sky
ISIS isn't the only people over there teaching kids how to kill. Our die hard ally Israel does the same thing.