Rep. McSally: ISIS using human shields as their air defense

Published March 29, 2017 4:38pm ET



Several members of the House Armed Services Committee pushed back Wednesday against the growing criticism of the U.S. military for allegedly causing too many civilian casualties in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

More than 100 Iraqi civilians were killed this month when a building collapsed in a dense Mosul combat zone, and the U.S. says it’s likely a coalition airstrike contributed in some way to the deaths.

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