Airwars assessment
The Al Najmawi family’s flour mill in Granary Street, eastern Mosul was struck in an alleged Coalition airstrike, leading to casualties among the civilian workers inside.
Qoraish reported that the attack took place at the 10.30am local time, with two strikes approximately five minutes apart. It claimed there were no Daesh forces present.
NRN News said one person civilian died his uncle – factory director was injured along with three other workers.
In their February 2020 civilian casualty report, the US-led Coalition assessed reports that they were responsible for civilian harm in this strike as “non-credible”, stating that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area at that time.
The incident occured at 10:30:00 local time.
The victims were named as:
Summary
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The picture of Salah Riyad Haj Saeed Al Najmawi, killed in an alleged coalition airstrike on the flour mill in Mosul, on March 31, 2016 (via NRN News).
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An image reveals the destruction that followed an alleged Coalition strike on flour mill in Mosul, on March 31, 2016 (via NRN News).
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An image reveals the destruction that followed an alleged Coalition strike on flour mill in Mosul, on March 31, 2016 (via NRN News).
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The aftermath of airstrike shows an ISIS fighter in the flour mill that was reportedly hit by a Coalition strike, Mosul, March 31, 2016 (via NRN News).
Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.
The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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March 31, 2016, in Mosul, Iraq, via Airwars report. After a review of all available records it was assessed that no Coalition actions were conducted in the geographical area that corresponds to the report of civilian casualties. 2917/CI211 38SLF380253
Original strike reports
For March 30th-31st 2016, the Coalition reported that “Near Mosul, eight strikes struck five separate ISIL tactical units and destroyed three ISIL assembly areas, an ISIL vehicle, an ISIL bed down location, two ISIL safe houses, an ISIL fighting position, and suppressed two ISIL mortar firing positions.”