Title: After liberation came destruction
Description: "This 41-page report documents, through field visits, analysis of satellite imagery, interviews with victims and witnesses, and review of photo and video evidence, that militias looted property of Sunni civilians who had fled fighting, burned their homes and businesses, and destroyed at least two entire villages. The actions violated the laws of war. Human Rights Watch also documented the abduction of 11 men during the operation, in September and October"--Publisher's description.
Subjects: State-sponsored terrorism, Pillage, Civil war, Disappeared persons, Ethnic relations, Combatants and noncombatants (International law), Refugees, Atrocities, Protection of civilians
Places: Iraq