I'm kind of worried ISIS will Blow up most of Mosul at some point rather than surrender it to anyone. Killing hundreds of prisoners and throwing them into a shallow grave is a part of this kind of "Scorched earth policy" where they set Oil wells on fire rather than surrender them and destroy historical places as well. It might also execute everyone left alive in Mosul just as easy as doing anything else. There might be nothing left of Mosul to save (human or buildings) the way this is presently going. However, it is also true that leaving Mosul to ISIS is not an option either. However, everything here does not bode well for the future of Mosul or it's present inhabitants. But, if what I'm saying here actually happens, what then?
What will the whole world say then?
What is the solution?
I'm thinking the real story here might never be told because it might be just too awful for regular news outlets worldwide. Sort of like what people found in concentration camps in World War II as it ended in Europe.
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ISIS executes hundreds
Source: ISIS executes hundreds of Mosul area residents
(CNN)ISIS executed 284 men and boys as coalition forces closed in on Mosul, an Iraqi intelligence source told CNN.
Those
killed on Thursday and Friday had been rounded up near and in the city
for use as human shields against attacks that are forcing ISIS out of
the southern sections of Mosul, the source explained.
ISIS
used a bulldozer to dump the corpses in a mass grave at the scene of
the executions -- Mosul's defunct College of Agriculture in the north of
the city, the intelligence source said.
The
victims were all shot and some were children, said the source, who
wanted anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media. CNN
could not independently confirm the claim.
The
United Nations earlier said it is "gravely worried" that ISIS has taken
550 families from villages around Mosul and is using them as human
shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces battle the terror group for control
of Iraq's second-largest city.
Two
hundred families from Samalia village and 350 families from Najafia
were forced out Monday and taken to Mosul in what appears to be "an
apparent policy by ISIS to prevent civilians escaping," Ravina
Shamdasani, deputy spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office, told CNN.
Meanwhile, ISIS militants attacked security buildings in Kirkuk, 175 kilometers (109 miles) southeast of Mosul.
Latest developments
• The UN human rights chief cites reports that civilians have been shot dead by ISIS.
• Nearly 30 ISIS militants have taken over a building in southern Kirkuk and fired on security forces.
• Twelve people were killed in a separate ISIS attack in Dibis.
• Iraqi-led forces have recaptured at least 100 square kilometers (39 square miles) of territory, CNN analysis shows.
UN had expressed concern
Zeid
Ra'ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said his
office had evidence of several instances since Monday where ISIS forced
civilians to leave their homes in outlying villages and head to Mosul.
It also had received reports that civilians suspected of disloyalty had
been shot dead.
Iraqi army and militia forces arrive Thursday in Saleh village in the offensive to wrest Mosul from ISIS.
"We
are gravely worried by reports that (ISIS) is using civilians in and
around Mosul as human shields as the Iraqi forces advance, keeping
civilians close to their offices or places where fighters are located,
which may result in civilian casualties," Zeid said.
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"There
is a grave danger that (ISIS) fighters will not only use such
vulnerable people as human shields but may opt to kill them rather than
see them liberated," he said.
His office is examining reports that ISIS shot dead at least 40 civilians in a village outside Mosul.
Any
ISIS fighters who are captured or surrendered "should be held
accountable in accordance with the law for any crimes they have
committed," he said.
Security forces surround 2 Kirkuk locations
Dozens
of militants targeted four police stations and Kurdish security offices
in Kirkuk, spreading themselves out through neighborhoods.
Security
forces killed at least seven ISIS militants in Kirkuk, officials there
said, but there was no information yet on civilian casualties. Images
broadcast on local television showed what appeared to be dead or injured
fighters on the street.
Security forces arrive with armored vehicles Friday after ISIS attacks in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Nearly
30 ISIS militants took over an unoccupied building in Domiz district in
southern Kirkuk and started firing on security forces there, according
to security officials. Iraqi security forces are surrounding the
building now, and sporadic clashes continue.
The
situation remains tense in the city, with at least two ISIS bombers
hiding inside two buildings in southern Kirkuk, security officials said.
Security forces surrounded both locations.
Local authorities imposed a curfew in Kirkuk.
The
media wing of ISIS, Amaq, said online that ISIS fighters had attacked
Kirkuk before dawn and taken control of 10 neighborhoods as well as
carried out attacks to the north and south of the city.
Previous attacks by ISIS militants on Kirkuk have been attempts either to capture the city from the Peshmerga, as the Kurdish fighters are known, or divert Kurdish troops from the fight in Mosul.
In
a separate incident, ISIS militants also attacked a government building
in Dibis, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Kirkuk.
Twelve people were killed, including nine Iraqi employees and three Iranian contractors, two security officials told CNN.
Kirkuk assault 'a disruption'
The
most likely reason for Friday's assault in Kirkuk is disruption, with
ISIS demonstrating it can deploy resources far behind the front lines,
CNN's Michael Holmes said near Mosul.
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Smoke rises from an ISIS position after a coalition airstrike in Mosul on October 18.
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herd sheep from a village near Mosul on October 18. The smoke came from
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Peshmerga fighter peers up from an underground tunnel in the liberated
town of Badana on October 18. ISIS fighters have built tunnels below
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Members of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government take aim near the town of Bartella on October 18.
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Peshmerga forces attack ISIS militants with howitzers from Zardak mountain on October 17.
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Iraqi
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Mosul on October 17. Before ISIS gained control, Mosul was inhabited by
more than 2 million people. Only about 1 million residents now remain.
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Coalition forces attack ISIS targets in the Bertela region on October 17.
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Iraqi forces advance near al-Shurah on October 17.
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A Kurdish Peshmerga convoy drives towards the Khazer front line, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul on October 17.
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Members of the Iraqi coalition gather around a fire at Zardak mountain ahead of the offensive.
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Peshmerga forces deploy in the dark near the village of Wardak early on October 17.
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An
Iraqi police officer inspects his weapon at the Qayyara military base
about 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul on Sunday, October 16. If
Iraqi forces regain control of Mosul, it will be the latest in a string
of victories, including the recapture of the Qayyara oil refinery and
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighter watches Iraqi forces battle ISIS while trying
to take back a village on the road to Mosul, Iraq, on Thursday, October
20. This is as far as the Peshmerga are allowed to go in this area. An
Iraqi-led offensive is underway to reclaim the largest region of the
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Peshmerga soldier mans a post on the outskirts of Mosul on October 20.
The Iraqi-led coalition is advancing closer to Mosul, a stronghold of
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ISIS positions in Nawaran on October 20. The coalition against ISIS
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Peshmerga forces move on ISIS targets near the village of Naveran on October 20.
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Coalition fighters hold position near Bashiqa on October 20.
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Iraqi troops ride in the back of a vehicle as they advance through the desert northeast of Qayyara, Iraq, on October 20.
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Iraqi soldiers travel along a road near Qayyara as clouds of black smoke rise in the sky on Wednesday, October 19.
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Iraqi special forces advance toward Mosul on Wednesday.
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Displaced people flee their homes on October 19.
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Iraqi forces fire a howitzer toward the village of Tall al-Tibah on October 19.
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Iraqi soldiers raise their weapons in celebration on the outskirts of Qayyara on October 19.
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Iraqi forces in Bajwaniyah on October 18.
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Smoke rises from an ISIS position after a coalition airstrike in Mosul on October 18.
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Peshmerga fighter peers up from an underground tunnel in the liberated
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Armored vehicles driven by Peshmerga forces move along the Hazir front on October 18.
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Members of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government take aim near the town of Bartella on October 18.
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Peshmerga forces attack ISIS militants with howitzers from Zardak mountain on October 17.
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Smoke rises from a suicide car bomb attack carried out by ISIS in the village of Bedene on October 17.
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Iraqi
coalition forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah as they advance toward
Mosul on October 17. Before ISIS gained control, Mosul was inhabited by
more than 2 million people. Only about 1 million residents now remain.
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Iraqi forces advance near al-Shurah on October 17.
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A Kurdish Peshmerga convoy drives towards the Khazer front line, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Mosul on October 17.
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Peshmerga forces deploy in the dark near the village of Wardak early on October 17.
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An
Iraqi police officer inspects his weapon at the Qayyara military base
about 60 kilometers (35 miles) south of Mosul on Sunday, October 16. If
Iraqi forces regain control of Mosul, it will be the latest in a string
of victories, including the recapture of the Qayyara oil refinery and
airbase.
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A Sunni Iraqi police officer prays at the Qayyara airbase on October 16.
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Kurdish Peshmerga fighter watches Iraqi forces battle ISIS while trying
to take back a village on the road to Mosul, Iraq, on Thursday, October
20. This is as far as the Peshmerga are allowed to go in this area. An
Iraqi-led offensive is underway to reclaim the largest region of the
country under ISIS control.
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Peshmerga soldier mans a post on the outskirts of Mosul on October 20.
The Iraqi-led coalition is advancing closer to Mosul, a stronghold of
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Peshmerga fighters look over a village during an assault near the town of Bashiqa on October 20.
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ISIS positions in Nawaran on October 20. The coalition against ISIS
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Peshmerga forces move on ISIS targets near the village of Naveran on October 20.
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Coalition fighters hold position near Bashiqa on October 20.
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Iraqi special forces advance toward Mosul on Wednesday.
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"It's
long been thought that there would be something like this going on in
more than one place around Iraq as the Mosul offensive got under way,"
Holmes said. "There's been speculation that there are ISIS sleeper
cells, or ISIS fighters, within reach of places like that for some time,
from Baghdad to places like Kirkuk."
The city's significance stems its large oil reserves, which are almost as much as those in southern Iraq.
Intense battle around Mosul
Iraqi
planes have dropped more than eight million leaflets over
ISIS-controlled areas of Anbar, Kirkuk and Nineveh provinces, the Iraqi
Joint Operations Command said. The fliers ask residents to call in tips
to a toll-free phone number.
On
Thursday, fighting outside of Mosul as part of the offensive to retake
ISIS' last bastion of power in Iraq was the fiercest yet, with Iraqi-led
forces meeting strong resistance from militants.
Iraqi
Maj. Gen. Maan al-Saadi said 200 ISIS fighters were killed as Iraqi
forces captured the Christian town of Bartella, the latest win for the
coalition of around 100,000 closing in on Mosul.
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