hundreds of civilians. in a sign of desperation, more civilians are being targeted in the tire group has reverted to insurgent tactics, sending women to blow themselves up. i most of the people who blew themselves up today were women, seven of them. some exploded themselves near fleeing families. the battle is not yet done and plumes of smoke billowing over the riverside districts, amid artillery blasts and bursts of gunfire. there is committed to be only a few hundred isis fighters left but tens of thousands of civilians are being used as human shields. translator: the problem is the families. isis fighters are using them as human shields. u.s. troops who have played a major role are never far away. helping the iraqis in countless ways, neat not least through our artillery fire. intelligence sharing, analytics, lethal fires so they can dominate in close combat and