Islamic State said to use human shields as coalition advances on Mosul

By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy BAGHDAD/ERBIL (Reuters) - Residents of Mosul said Islamic State was using civilians as human shields as Iraqi and Kurdish forces captured outlying villages in their advance on the jihadists' stronghold. The leader of Islamic State was reported to be among thousands of hardline militants still in the city, suggesting the group would go to great lengths to repel the coalition. Islamic State militants were preventing people fleeing Mosul, they said, and one said