Amnesty: Coalition should follow Australia’s lead after admission of 18 civilian deaths in Iraq

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Amnesty: Coalition should follow Australia’s lead after admission of 18 civilian deaths in Iraq
Sangar Ali Sangar Ali |  February 02-2019


Plumes of smoke rise after an airstrike in west Mosul on March 10, 2017. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Amnesty International on Friday said Australia’s recent admission of the possibility that 18 Iraqi civilians were killed in one of its air strikes in the city of Mosul was “a step in the right direction,” and called for more information about the incident to be released.

On Thursday, Australia’s Defence Force’s (ADF) Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld acknowledged that as many as 18 civilians “may have” been killed in an attack on a target in west Mosul in which two Australian Super Hornet F-18 jets took part in June 2017.

Australia is a member of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

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