Airwars assessment
According to Iraqi MP Salim Jumah, five civilians from the Shabakian tribe were killed including three children and a woman, after Coalition aircraft allegedly bombed their house in Abu Jarbua village in Bashiqa, east of Mosul.
Speaking to NRN News, the local Shabak Party MP called for compensation for those killed and naming them.
In a later investigation, the Washington Post said that despite an Iraqi MP complaining to the US Embassy about the incident, US military officials claimed to be unaware of the event: “The deaths were reported in the Iraqi media and logged by Airwars, an organization that tracks civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. military confirmed that it carried out a strike that day in Bashiqa, but said it has not received any complaint that civilians were killed.”
On March 10, 2022 in the CJTF-OIR Civilian Casualty Report, the Coalition reported this incident to be “non-credible”, stating that “After review of all available evidence it was determined that more likely than not civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition strike.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (8)
- Zidane Saud Shaaban 48 years old male Father killed
- Huda Ayoub Saber 37 years old female Mother killed
- Ashjan Zidane Saud 13 years old female killed
- Ayman Zeidan Saud 9 years old male killed
- Zidane Saud 7 years old male killed
- Saud Ibrahim Zidan 12 years old male injured
- Iman Zidane Saud 16 years old male injured
- Roa Zidane Saud 4 years old female injured
Summary
Sources (2) [ collapse]
Geolocation notes
Coordinates released by the Coalition place the event at 36.41241, 43.31881
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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Nov. 24, 2015, near Jarbua, Iraq, via Airwars report. After review of all available evidence it was determined that more likely than not civilian casualties did not occur as a result of a Coalition strike. 2862/C1145 38SLF4926531005
Original strike reports
For November 23rd-24th 2015 the Coalition reported that “Near Mosul, two strikes struck an ISIL tactical unit and destroyed two ISIL fighting positions and suppressed an ISIL mortar position.”