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| Iraq |
| Iraqi army denies it killed, drove tank over a ‘child soldier’ |
| 2016-11-12 |
| [RUDAW.NET] The Commander of Nineveh Operations denied that its forces executed and then drove a tank over an alleged ISIS child soldier as could be seen in a video that went viral on social media on Friday. The video shows some men in military uniform apparently in a desert who interrogate a terrified child. One of the men is heard speaking in Iraqi Arabic saying that the child is an ISIS myrmidon , but the child appeals for his release. "Release me," the child says, "I did nothing." Then one of the men drags him away several meters and puts him in front of a tank. "How is it ISIS?" a man is heard asking as the child, now completely in front of the tank, seems to have sustained some injuries in both of his legs and is unable to move. Then the tank driver is ordered to run over him, but first one of the men shoots him multiple times. The video then shows the child flattened as the tank drives over his body. The video is not in good quality, but it shows one of men in military uniform with badge of a flag apparently in green, white and black, the same colors of the Iraqi flag. Rudaw cannot independently verify the video, nor can it tell where or when it took place. "We confirm here that the video belongs to the ISIS mobs and it becomes clear through analyzing the scene which show individuals who wear non-military clothes different from that worn by the Iraqi army," Major General Najim al-Jabouri said in a statement published by the Iraqi War Media Office on Friday night. "It also becomes clear from the type of the guns as shown in the scene which is the same guns used by ISIS myrmidons. Also confining the video to a limited area is to avoid showing the landmarks of the area." the statement added. Jabouri said the release of the video comes in the context of what he called "the misleading media," and called on the media, and the rights organizations to first verify such videos before making accusations. The video comes at a time when a report by the ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said in response on Thursday that he holds "The truth is that they were local residents who killed ISIS myrmidons." Abadi said. The Iraqi prime minister said reports like this make Mosul residents flee their homes. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 It was only an APC!. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-11-12 22:31 |