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Amnesty calls for special Mosul commission to probe potential war crimes by coalition & ISIS</h1>
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Amnesty International has scolded the US-led coalition in Mosul for misplaced and excessive airstrikes, urging it to publicly admit its failure to protect civilian lives. The NGO is proposing to establish a commission to look into reported violations.</div>
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<a class="read-more__link" href="https://www.rt.com/op-edge/395868-iraq-mosul-liberation-isis/" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; display: block; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-size: 1em; border: none !important; color: rgb(160, 0, 0);"><img class="read-more__cover" src="https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.07/thumbnail/5963412ddda4c8f30f8b4569.jpg" alt="© Alaa Al-Marjani" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; width: 290px; max-width: 100%;"><span class="read-more__footer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">‘The
liberation of Mosul has come at an incredibly high cost’ - Human Rights Watch</span></a></div>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">In a new 50-page report published Tuesday, the human rights group sheds light on the scale of the loss of civilian life and suffering that the people of Mosul have had to endure during the offensive to
recapture the city from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) terrorists.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">At least 426 civilians died and over 100 were wounded by either terrorists or international coalition bombings result of 45 attacks spanning from January to mid-May, the group said in a <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/07/iraq-battle-between-us-led-coalition-iraqi-forces-and-islamic-state-creates-civilian-catastrophe-in-west-mosul/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: rgb(160, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class="">summary</a> of
the report, titled: “At any cost: The civilian catastrophe in West Mosul.”</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">The report draws on expert data and information provided by local residents.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">At least 105 of the victims died in a US airstrike on western Mosul’s al-Jadida district on March 17, which the coalition mounted <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“to neutralize two IS snipers,”</em> the
report said.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">The often disproportionate and imprecise use of deadly force by the international coalition fighting terrorists in Mosul has prompted major criticism from Amnesty.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“Iraqi and coalition forces failed to take adequate measures to protect civilians, instead subjecting them to a terrifying barrage of fire from weapons that
should never be used in densely populated civilian areas,”</em>Lynn Maalouf, Director of Research for the Middle East at Amnesty International, said in a statement on Tuesday.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Maalouf went on to note that some of the reported violations of international law by the coalition jets and Iraqi troops that used<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""> “imprecise, explosive weapons,
killing thousands of civilians…may constitute [a] war crime.”</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Referring to an array of violations of international law, committed by IS, such as forceful displacements, indiscriminate mass killings and using civilians as human shields, Maalouf argued that the terrorist
atrocities do not excuse the Iraqi and US military from their part of obligations under the law.</p>
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<a class="read-more__link" href="https://www.rt.com/usa/395642-us-air-campaign-civilian-deaths/" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; display: block; text-decoration: none; outline: none; font-size: 1em; border: none !important; color: rgb(160, 0, 0);"><img class="read-more__cover" src="https://cdn.rt.com/files/2017.07/thumbnail/595f8b78fc7e933f178b456a.jpg" alt="Smoke rises from an air strike during fighting with Islamic State militants in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq July 6, 2017 © Ahmed Saad" style="margin: 0px 0px 0.3em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; display: block; width: 290px; max-width: 100%;"><span class="read-more__footer" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Civilian
death toll rises to over 600 in US-led coalition airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq & Syria</span></a></div>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“IS’s use of people as human shields does not lessen the legal obligation of pro-government forces to protect civilians. Military planners should have taken
extra care in the manner in which they used their weapons to ensure that these attacks were not unlawful,”</em> Maloof said.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Speaking about the bombing of al-Jadida, she pointed out that many civilian deaths inflicted by the coalition was a consequence of a poor planning that or carelessness that led to <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“inappropriate”</em> choice
of weaponry or <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“failure to take necessary precautions to verify the target was a military objective.”</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">To uncover the truth about the scale of the killings and those responsible for the loss civilian life, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“an independent commission must immediately be established,
tasked with ensuring that any instances where there is credible evidence that violations of international law took place, effective investigations are carried out, and the findings made public,</em>” Maalouf said.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">In the meantime, the authorities of the states involved in the battle for Mosul must publicly acknowledge their responsibility for the heavy civilian death toll, she said, adding that Mosul citizens are
entitled to know<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""> “that there will be justice and reparation so that the harrowing impact of this operation is duly addressed.”</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Amnesty International’s UK division cast doubt on the UK’s Ministry of Defense claims that its Air Force has not incurred any civilian casualties while conducting over 700 airstrikes in and around Mosul.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/395458-civilians-danger-mosul-isis/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: rgb(160, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class="">READ
MORE: Up to 20,000 Mosul civilians facing ‘extreme danger’ as battle against ISIS continues – UN official</a></strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“The MoD’s claim that hundreds of RAF airstrikes in and around densely-populated Mosul have resulted in absolutely no civilian casualties is at best implausible,”</em> Kate
Allen, Amnesty International UK Director,<a href="https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/iraq-battle-west-mosul-has-been-catastrophic-civilians" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: transparent; color: rgb(160, 0, 0); text-decoration: none;" class=""> said</a> on
Tuesday, describing the UK’s official military stance on the issue of civilian casualties as<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""> “wishful thinking.”</em></p>
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PM congratulates military on ‘victory’ over ISIS in Mosul</span></a></div>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">She urged the British military to abide the law and embark on a thorough investigation into the potential loss of civilian life <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“instead of repeating its
mantra about having ‘no evidence’ of civilian casualties.”</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">The scathing report and the recommendations to be introduced come in the wake of Iraqi Prime Minister Minister Haider al-Abadi’s arrival in Mosul on Sunday to congratulate the troops there with a<em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""> “great
victory”</em> over the ISIS militants. While Iraqi forces continue to clear out pockets in the western part of the city where small groups of jihadists are holing up, the Iraqi government expects the liberation to be a matter of time.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">In the course of the lingering offensive to take the city from terrorists, launched in October last year, over 8,000 civilians are estimated by the United Nations to have been killed or wounded. Around
915,000 people have been displaced with the majority unable to return any time soon as their homes were completely destroyed or severely damaged. It is estimated that 16 out of 44 Mosul’s residential districts sustained heavy damage and 22 were moderately
damaged.</p>
<h2 style="margin: 1.2em 0px 0.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.15em;" class=""><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">‘ISIS seized my home’</strong></h2>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Mosul resident Abu Akhmad, a jeweler, told RT Arabic how IS put civilians in extreme peril. Akhmad said that as soon as IS militants put down roots in the city, they confiscated his home and used his and
other civilians’ families as human shields.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“Imagine, they come to you and tell you: “You, give us your car!” And you have to give it to them. Not to mention women and everything else. There were about
nine to eleven terrorists there. They would enter houses, come and go,”</em> Akhmad told RT, adding the majority of those who would engage in violence toward civilians appeared to be foreign fighters.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“Sometimes Iraqi ISIS fighters also came. But they did not touch us. Lately, only ISIS fighters from foreign countries talked to us.”</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class="">Akhmad said that his house was part of a network of tunnels used by jihadists to escape Iraqi forces on the ground. As a result, his house was severely damaged and he is now trying to repair it.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px;" class=""><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">“They ordered us to leave all the doors open. They also made three gaps in the walls... I did them all up. Imagine such a big house. They entered one end
of the house and came out of the other. Then they sat here and there, and we stayed outside.”</em></p>
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