**BREAKING ** Hundreds of civilians killed by airstrikes in Western Mosul, Iraq.

[kentuck]

Breaking on CNN.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/25/iraqi-forces-halt-assault-mosul-fears-hundreds-civilians-have/

[Boxerfan]

1. TRUMP directly responsible...Trolling for a response I'd wager.

Quote from the above link...

"The US vowed to investigate the airstrikes, which hit the al-Jadidah district of West Mosul on March 13 and 17. "We are stunned by this terrible loss of life," said Lise Grande, the UN's Iraq co-coordinator.

It comes after the Trump administration vowed to relax its rules of engagement to "unshackle" its forces in Iraq. “From the first week of the new administration they [the US military] understood everything has changed," Sebastian Gorka, the president's deputy assistant, told the Sunday Telegraph earlier this month.

“We are going to unshackle our guys. We’re going to remove the incredible, suicidal rules of engagement. "We’re not going to employ the 8,000 mile screwdriver which they inherited from Vietnam... the idea that you are not allowed to target an Isis convoy unless somebody in Washington on a live video feed signs off on it – that’s insanity"

Those pesky rules-of engagement.

[Warpy]

2. The Torygraph is not a very reliable source

The BBC broke this a couple of days ago. The current story:

Battle for Mosul: US investigating deadly air strike

The US military has acknowledged that aircraft of the coalition fighting so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq hit a location in west Mosul where dozens of civilians were reportedly killed.

It says an investigation is under way.

Meanwhile, thousands of Mosul residents have fled the areas held by IS, in fear of US-led air strikes and fierce fighting by Iraqi ground troops.

Residents say IS is using civilians as human shields, hiding in houses and forcing young men to fight.

More at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39392232