troops brag of having shot some fleeing mosul by jason ditz, october 27, 2016 share this 




while un officials claim they<u+2019>re carefully monitoring the treatment of those displaced from mosul and haven<u+2019>t documented any abuses, the troops occupying checkpoints through which the civilians have to flee are telling a different story, involving mass detentions and summary execution. 




the associated press quoted one of those manning a checkpoint, named dhia amir, as having bragged of not only <u+201c>arresting<u+201d> over 100 people, handing them over to police forces, but of having personally shot and killed two men who he claims to have <u+201c>known<u+201d> were fleeing isis fighters. 




this has been a recurring problem in iraq<u+2019>s wars against isis, as shi<u+2019>ite dominated security forces and allied militias are immediately distrustful of sunni arabs fleeing the isis cities, and don<u+2019>t need much pretext for a detention, or to disappear people outright. 




<u+201c>a 13-year-old boy can still kill,<u+201d> amir noted, defending the crackdown on fleeing civilians. <u+201c>and even if he doesn<u+2019>t kill me, one day he could kill my son.<u+201d> that, ultimately, has been the basis on which much of the war has been fought, and the main reason why sectarian tensions are only growing. last 5 posts by jason ditz
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