Aisha Miniar
https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/iraq-another-fine-mess/
https://onesmallwindow.wordpress.com/2016/03/18/iraq-another-fine-mess/
The cradle of civilisation has become a free for all. Twenty five years after a US-led international coalition of states invaded Iraq in Operation Desert Storm, the situation in Iraq remains as deadly as ever. 16,115 civilian deaths were recorded in 2015, with many more injured.
Aftermath of a Coalition air strike near Raqqah, Syria, 5 January 2016, via Raqqah is Being Slaughtered Silently, taken from www.airwars.org
On 1-15 March 2016 alone, according to Iraq Body Count (IBC), 570 civilian deaths were recorded. This includes 60 deaths (39 civilian) and at least 70 injured in a suicide bombing on a checkpoint near Hilla on 6 March. This attack was claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militant group and received extensive international media coverage.