Speaking of ISIS activities, extremists are covering Mosul with a human shield. They force civilians into Mosul. Then they put suicide vest on them. Nobody knows for sure how many of these "live bombs" there really are. But that's not all the bad news. Strikes by the so-called coalition lead by America leave a bloody trail as well. Iraqi authorities are investigating the reasons for the death of 112 Mosul civilians. Artyom Krasulin is reporting whether truth can be discovered.

The situation is complicated and in need of an investigation, but the strike over the civilians was not a deliberate hit by the Americans. That's approximately what the Iraqi President Fuad Masum said about the enormous civilian casualties during the liberation of Mosul. This is what he said in his interview to "Russia Today".

The former Minister of Defense talked about the problems that arise for the Iraqi military, because they use rooftops to fire at airplanes. They also have snipers there, that fire at Iraqi militants. But if you hit those buildings, there are many people inside them. Sometimes it happens due to lapses in judgment. There are a lot of victims, not just in Iraq, but in other places as well. Hitting the civilians and destroying the residential areas is not the goal here. But sometimes accidents happen. The problem is that there have been a lot of accidents lately. They became sort of consistent. The Iraqi authorities admit that the American-led coalition now spends less time to determine possible risks.

As a result, the headquarters of civil rights groups receive daily photo and video proof of how American bombs bury entire families under the debris of their own homes. Large numbers of civilian casualties show that the coalition, which leads its military operations in Mosul, did not initiate proper safety measures to prevent civilians' deaths, which is an outrageous violation of the international humanitarian rights.





Proof, collected in eastern Mosul, shows a disturbing picture, resulting from the strikes by the American-led coalition, which destroyed houses with entire families still inside. This was nearly the first time that American media gave word to the human rights activists. Several major publishing houses reported large numbers of civilian casualties. Reluctant at first, US Command had to comment on this. US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that civilian casualties are inevitable. And when it comes to American operations, they are always minimal. There are no other military forces in the world, who would be so sensitive to civilian casualties. We know that terrorists use women and children as human shields on every location. We always do everything we can to lower the collateral damage. What's odd is that American military do not have exact data on civilian casualties due to the strikes by the coalition that they themselves lead. Or is this data so shocking they must keep it a secret? It's still unknown how many victims there were after an airstrike in western Mosul on March 17th.

According to the Iraqi media, it was at least 200 civilians. We're investigating the circumstances of the strike, and we don't know yet what caused the explosion. The coalition was active in this region, but it's unclear whether it was our strike's damage. It's possible that the ISIS terrorists blew up the building and blamed the coalition for it to use the pause, which the authorities would have to make to investigate. I think this story will clear away in a few days.

Judging from the past American investigations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, this one will take way more than a few days. And it's probably not the last case. Mosul is in the midst of a real humanitarian disaster. Considering that the Iraqi spoke of terrorists being fully surrounded and a close victory two months ago, but the situation still didn't change, it's not all good between Baghdad and Washington.