Witnesses said the airstrike killed hundreds of residents on Baghdad Street in west Mosul’s Aghawat Jadidah neighborhood March 17, including many women and young children. Militants have deployed the mobile bombs, in which a driver will blow himself up in the face of advancing Iraqi forces. Deadly airstrike in Mosul kills scores of civilians Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times People move quickly to avoid danger along the destroyed streets in Mosul after an airstrike attributed to the U.S. killed scores of people in Iraqi city. “The people of Mosul will not forget this.”Deadly airstrike in Mosul kills scores of civilians Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times Family members help Iraqi Civil Defense members pull corpses from beneath the rubble in Mosul after airstrikes killed dozens of civilians. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)West Mosul residents had complained about civilian casualties from airstrikes in the days leading up to the Jadidah strike.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 25, 2017 19:35 UTC