6 MAY 2016 / Sha’ban 1437 AH
» New moon.
» An airstrike on ISIL forces in the village of Al-Ju’wana in the district of Makhmour kills 20.
»Twenty-three members of a Shia militia unit, Kata’ib al-Imam Ali (the Battalions of Iman Ali), were found flayed alive holding defensive positions around the village of Mahana. None were burned or suffered shrapnel or concussive damage.
FURTHER DETAILS: The attack happened after midnight. Four survivors of the unit fled for their lives. One said a cloud of insects surrounded the unit during the attack. Another said there were no insects because there was no buzzing of insects. Two said evil jinn came from the sky and ground. Within a few hours of debriefing with superiors, all changed their reports to blame the massacre on ISIL bombs.