Iraq troops slow Mosul advance as they clear neighborhoods
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Iraqi troops fired at positions held by ISIS in and around the northern city of Mosul on Thursday but did not advance as they regrouped and cleared neighborhoods once occupied by the extremists, military officials said.
Amnesty International reported allegations against security forces of arbitrary detention, forced disappearances and ill-treatment of prisoners, including an account that up to six people were "extrajudicially executed" in late October over suspected ties to IS"Men in
Federal Police uniform have carried out multiple unlawful killings, apprehending and then deliberately killing in cold blood residents in villages south of Mosul," said Lynn Maalouf, deputy director for research at Amnesty's Beirut office.
"In some cases the residents were tortured before they were shot dead execution-style," she said, adding that it was "crucial" for Iraqi authorities to bring those responsible to justice.IS.
