ISIS Is Killing Children to Force Families to Stay in Mosul

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The Islamic State has resorted to killing children in Mosul in an effort to keep families from leaving the city, which is held by the militants as they try to fend off Iraqi forces.

"They are using children as a weapon of war to prevent people from fleeing," said UNICEF's Iraq representative, Peter Hawkins, AP reports. "This just highlights how indiscriminate and catastrophic this war is."

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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2017/06/23/isis-punishes-disobedient-families-in-mosul-by-killing-their-children-n2345220