Scores of Children Kidnapped in Iraq as 47 People Are Killed

German BND Chief Gerhard Schindler said intelligence agents have evidence of mustard gas deployment by the Islamic State militants.

At least 47 were killed and 18 more were injured in more recent attacks. Scores were kidnapped:

In Mosul, militants kidnapped 127 children in order to train them for military service. One father killed two militants while trying to protect his son. Forty men were arrested for not growing their bears. Five men were flogged for smoking. An Iraqi woman has reportedly killed a militant commander for forcing her into sex slavery. A militant leader was shot to death.

One bodyguard was wounded when snipers near Baiji shot at a convoy carrying Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi.

In Hamriya, a woman and child were wounded when they approached soldiers intending to turn themselves over. They had escaped her militant husband, but the soldiers thought they were suicide bombers.

A policeman was wounded during a shooting in Hayy.

Clashes broke out near Fallujah University where 14 militants were killed and nine security members were wounded.

At the Abu Ajil gas fields, 13 militants were killed.

Eight militants were killed near Speicher Base.

Four militants were killed during a strike in Tal Afar. One militant was executed for collaborating with security forces.

In Fatha, four militants were killed.

Two militants were killed in Kubeisa.

Security forces killed a wali in Samarra.

Author: Margaret Griffis

Margaret Griffis is a journalist from Miami Beach, Florida and has been covering Iraqi casualties for Antiwar.com since 2006.