Iraq: No Help For Civilians Trapped In Mosul

Aid agencies are warning that hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in the Iraqi city of Mosul, with U.S.-led forces refusing to create safe escape routes and urging residents instead to “shelter in place” The risk of a nightmare humanitarian situation increases as the estimated 1  to 1.5 million innocents remain in Iraq’s second-largest city with no way to flee as the military assault on ISIS is about to move into the city. Iraqi forces have for the first time entered the outskirts of Mosul. Fears for civilians’ lives are growing increasingly urgent. Reports have also emerged that U.S.-led airstrikes killed a family of eight in their home near Mosul on October 22. Common Dreams reports: “Our main concern now is that operations are getting more and more close to Mosul, so we think it’s now a huge need to ensure the people inside Mosul have a safe way to get out of the city,” Fanny Mraz, the head of mission in Iraq for Handicap International, an organization that helps victims of land mines and other improvised explosive devices, told U.S. News and World Report. “Without a clear path to allow innocents to flee, Mosul’s estimated 1 million-1.5 million [...]

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