ISIS use 50,000 civilians as 'human shields' as Iraqi forces blitz Fallujah

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives May 29, 2016

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Islamic State fighters hid behind 50,000 civilian hostages as Iraqi forces blitzed Fallujah. The jihadis used the human shield as efforts to retake the ­terrorist stronghold, which kicked off under a US-led coalition on May 22, intensified. Some 70 fanatics have been killed in airstrikes in the past five days in Iraq and Syria, including Maher al-Bilawi, IS’s leader in Fallujah. Read more, UK Mirror...