Airwars assessment
The Coalition said that internal reporting had identified seven civilians unintentionally killed in an attack.
According to the Coalition’s September report, “June 21, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on ISIS fighters engaging partner forces from a fighting position, it was assessed that seven civilians, not observed near the target before the engagement, were unintentionally killed.”
Coordinates provided by the Coalition to Airwars – 36°20’23.9″N 43°07’27.5″E – placed the incident just off Mosul’s Nineveh Street. This event may be a match for CI777 – with Airwars attempting to obtain more details.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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During a strike on ISIS fighters engaging partner forces from a fighting position, it was assessed that seven civilians, not observed near the target before the engagement, were unintentionally killed.
Original strike reports
For June 20th-21st: “Near Mosul, two strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed 24 fighting positions, three vehicles, two rocket-propelled grenade systems, two medium machine guns, a recoilless rifle, a supply cache, and a heavy machine gun; and suppressed an ISIS tactical unit.”