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Update for Friday, December 9, 2016
There are multiple claims that an air strike by Iraqi forces on the town of Qaim killed about 60 civilians on Wednesday. The Iraqi military denies this, saying all the dead were foreign IS fighters.
Human Rights Watch calls for investigation of U.S. air strike on a Mosul hospital on Dec. 6. The U.S. says it is “reviewing” the incident but does not pledge an investigation. Air Force Col. John Dorrian tells reporters that “The coalition has 'not seen any indications at this point that civilians were harmed in the strike', but conceded it is 'very difficult to ascertain with full and total fidelity' whether civilians were killed in the strike.”
Kurdistan official Masrour Barzani visits Washington DC, meets VP Joe Biden and Senators.
Cold weather has increased the suffering of 90,000 people displaced by the Mosul battle.
Iraqi forces retreat from Salaam hospital in Mosul in the face of a counterattack.
Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/2016/12/update-for-friday-december-9-2016.html
