Military inquiry attributes Mosul civilian deaths to secondary explosives triggered by a coalition strike
Reporting and findings
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Trump's June 6, 2017 War Powers report described the continuing US air campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. This provides the administration-level connection, not proof that he personally approved the Mosul target.
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The coalition published a completed Army Regulation 15-6 investigation of its March 17, 2017 al-Jadidah strike in Mosul. Investigators attributed the building collapse and civilian deaths to secondary explosives placed by ISIS and triggered by the airstrike; they reported that coalition and Iraqi forces had not known civilians were sheltered there.
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The US investigation of the March 17, 2017 Mosul strike assessed that the resulting explosion killed 101 civilians in the targeted building and four in an adjacent structure. It attributed the larger explosion to secondary ISIS explosives; 36 people were unaccounted for.
- US Central Command: Executive Summary of the Investigation of the Alleged Civilian Casualty Incident in the al Jadidah District, MosulExecutive summary, civilian casualties and secondary explosion findings
Summary and current status
Army investigated its own strike and published the findings
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpPresident reporting the coalition campaign in Iraq
Figures
US-assessed Mosul civilian deaths105 people Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Civilians killed in the March 17, 2017 Mosul strike and resulting explosion
- Period
- 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-17
- Method
- 101 civilians in the targeted building plus four in an adjacent structure, as assessed by the US investigation. The 36 unaccounted-for people are excluded.
- Uncertainty
- US assessment attributes the larger explosion to ISIS explosives; this numeric observation does not change the investigation's legal assessment.
Mosul civilian-harm incident1 incidents Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- March 17, 2017 Mosul strike investigated by US authorities
- Period
- 2017-03-17 to 2017-03-17
- Method
- One incident; existing inquiry count is not repeated.
- Uncertainty
- Deaths and the inquiry are distinct measures of the same event.
Al-Jadidah military investigation1 inquiry Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- The Army Regulation 15-6 investigation of the March 17, 2017 al-Jadidah strike
- Period
- 2017-03-17 to 2017-05-25
- As of
- 2017-05-25
- Method
- Count the named inquiry once, using the incident-to-publication window rather than inventing an opening date.
- Uncertainty
- The source is the military's assessment, not an independent criminal adjudication. No personal targeting order by Trump is inferred.