{"id":14898,"date":"2017-03-30T11:18:32","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T11:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smg.go-vip.net\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/03\/30\/us-general-mosul-civilian-casualties-difficult-to-avoid\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:08:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:08:37","slug":"us-general-mosul-civilian-casualties-difficult-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/video\/2017\/03\/30\/us-general-mosul-civilian-casualties-difficult-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"US general: Mosul civilian casualties difficult to avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=0e851de9-555d-43e8-bf2e-f736ae73f90c\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"viewable\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"display:none\">On Wednesday, a senior U.S. general said it will be difficult to maintain &quot;extraordinarily high standards&quot; to avoid civilian casualties in Mosul. The statement was made even as the U.S. military begins a formal investigation into an explosion in the Iraqi city that is believed to have killed scores of civilians. The U.S. military has acknowledged that the U.S.-led coalition probably had a role in the March 17 explosion. It added, however, that Islamic State could also be to blame. When a huge blast caused a building to collapse, local officials and eyewitnesses say as many as 240 people may have been killed in the Al-Jadida district. Families inside were buried. Answering a question in a congressional hearing about the standards used by the U.S. military to avoid civilian casualties, Gen. 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