At least seven people were reported killed Thursday when a US-led
coalition warplane carried out an air strike against the Ibn-Al-Athir
hospital compound in Mosul. The attack came as Iraqi government troops
launched what has been described as the second phase of the bloody siege
of Iraq’s second-largest city, which was overrun by fighters of the
Islamic State (ISIS) in June of 2014.
The US command of the Pentagon’s military operations in Iraq and
Syria, dubbed Operation Inherent Resolve, issued a rare statement
immediately acknowledging the attack on the hospital, a war crime.
-- Bill Van Auken, "US bombs hospital amid escalating assault on Mosul" (WSWS).