The two American soldiers who died today were killed in road mine attacks, one from the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment near Ramadi and the other from the 101st Airborne outside Mosul.
These risks are highlighted by Akram Ghanem, a 51-year-old member of the Shabak minority from Hamdaniyah, a town just outside Mosul, who spoke to The Independent on Sunday.
Yohanna Toyama, a community leader from the Christian town of Qaraqosh outside Mosul, whose 60,000 people fled when Isis captured it in 2014, has a stark view of the prospects for minority communities.
"I'm totally shocked," Amir al-Jumaili told the AP over the phone from outside of Mosul.
The threat to civilians was highlighted Tuesday when the Guardian reported that a U.S. airstrike killed eight civilians — including three children — from the same family, in the village of Fadhiliya, a few kilometers outside Mosul.
Thousands of children have taken refuge in schools, hospitals and mosques outside Mosul, many of them without adequate water, sanitation, or shelter from the scorching heat.
Eight civilians from one family, three of them children, were killed by a US airstrike on their home a few kilometres outside Mosul, relatives, officials and Kurdish troops fighting in the area say.
All the battles now are outside Mosul, in areas free of population.
In 2005, he left his job with the American military and went to work for an American medical charity outside Mosul.
The target is a sulphur factory 25 miles (40km) outside Mosul.
