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| | <i>Both US and Afghan forces often accuse the Taliban of using civilians as shields.</i></ref><ref>Civilians say Taliban use of human shields shows weakness, cruelty.' Dec. 12, 2018. https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/12/12/feature-02</ref> | | <i>Both US and Afghan forces often accuse the Taliban of using civilians as shields.</i></ref><ref>Civilians say Taliban use of human shields shows weakness, cruelty.' Dec. 12, 2018. https://afghanistan.asia-news.com/en_GB/articles/cnmi_st/features/2018/12/12/feature-02</ref> |
| | * [[ISIS]]<ref>Islamic State use of human shields slows final assault on ISIS . ABC News, Mar 4, 2019. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/islamic-state-human-shields-slows-final-assault-isis/story?id=61456501 ''The final assault on the last Islamic State enclave in Syria has slowed down after the discovery that ISIS was using civilians as human shields.''</ref><ref>'ISIS Using Mosul Civilians as Human Shields Amid Offensive.' Time, Mar 30, 2017. | | * [[ISIS]]<ref>Islamic State use of human shields slows final assault on ISIS . ABC News, Mar 4, 2019. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/islamic-state-human-shields-slows-final-assault-isis/story?id=61456501 ''The final assault on the last Islamic State enclave in Syria has slowed down after the discovery that ISIS was using civilians as human shields.''</ref><ref>'ISIS Using Mosul Civilians as Human Shields Amid Offensive.' Time, Mar 30, 2017. |
| − | https://time.com/4717319/mosul-iraq-offensive-civilians-human-shields/</ref> | + | https://time.com/4717319/mosul-iraq-offensive-civilians-human-shields/</ref><ref>Suleiman Al-Khalidi, and Nandita Bose, [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-says-isis-leader-quraishi-killed-syria-raid-2022-02-03/ ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says], ''Reuters'', Feb 3, 2022. |
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| | + | As U.S. forces closed in on Quraishi in northwestern Syria overnight, he triggered a blast that also killed members of his own family, including children, according to Biden and U.S. officials.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | * [[Al Qaeda]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NOWX8oreP6EC&pg=RA1-PT147&lpg=RA1-PT147 Mark Hollingsworth, Sandy Mitchell, 'Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover-Up Inside the House of Saud,' Random House, 2010]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=svP1W-wE7VkC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=human+shields Pakistan Horizon. Volume 63, Issue 1, 2010, p. 104]</ref> | | * [[Al Qaeda]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NOWX8oreP6EC&pg=RA1-PT147&lpg=RA1-PT147 Mark Hollingsworth, Sandy Mitchell, 'Saudi Babylon: Torture, Corruption and Cover-Up Inside the House of Saud,' Random House, 2010]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=svP1W-wE7VkC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=human+shields Pakistan Horizon. Volume 63, Issue 1, 2010, p. 104]</ref> |
| | *[[Iran]]'s 'Fatemiyoun' terrorists.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/01/iran-afghan-children-recruited-fight-syria Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria] HRW, Oct 1, 2017. | | *[[Iran]]'s 'Fatemiyoun' terrorists.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/10/01/iran-afghan-children-recruited-fight-syria Iran: Afghan Children Recruited to Fight in Syria] HRW, Oct 1, 2017. |