Killing a city as a strategy of war

11-07-2022

Opinion

Jakob Hoekman, RD

Killing a city as a strategy of war

A merry-go-round for children next to a burned-out car. Houses shot to pieces in the background. The image is stuck in my head. I saw this scene in Mosul, Iraq. Mosul was the capital of the Islamic State in Iraq up until 2017. Its prolonged liberation left the city utterly destroyed.

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