Mass Grave Points to IS Horrors to Come in Push for Mosul

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT World http://ift.tt/2eOu3pS
via IFTTT For months, Islamic State group fighters drove thousands of civilians on forced marches across the Nineveh desert into the small town of Hamam al-Alil. Retreating ahead of methodical Iraqi advances on Mosul's southern approach, IS fighters converged here, rounding up men, women and children for use as human shields and killing dozens of others.