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==== ISIS in Iraq ==== Among publicized examples of Islamic State [[ISIS]] militants using human shields in Iraq: In 2016, Islamic State militants rounded up thousands of villagers at gunpoint to use as human shields.<ref>Loveday Morris. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/islamic-state-militants-are-kidnapping-thousands-of-people-to-use-as-human-shields/2016/10/27/797c6ee0-9c4a-11e6-b552-b1f85e484086_story.html "Islamic State militants are kidnapping thousands of people to use as human shields"]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 27, 2016.</ref> And in April 2017 in [[Mosul]].<ref>[https://www.euronews.com/2017/04/03/civilians-used-as-human-shields-in-mosul "Civilians used as human shields in Mosul"]. ''Euronews''. April 3, 2017.</ref>
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