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Western Mosul reconquest: the last four square kilometers


Islamic State control only 4 sq km of western Mosul

[Iraq News] Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 snuffies are currently in control over only four square kilometers of western djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, a senior army special forces commander said late Monday as operations approach the group’s last bastion.

Abdul-Ghani al-Assadi, commander of the Iraqi army’s elite Counter-Terrorism Service, said in statements to Assabah al-Jadeed website that CTS are currently awaiting the arrival of Federal Police and Rapdi Response and army troops to join forces and consummate a siege on the IS-held Old City from the north.

"The major challenge forces are facing in Mosul is the existence of a large number of civilians in narrow areas with small, interconnected houses," Assadi said.

Last week, a spokesperson of the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS said the group was controlling less than 10 square kilometers of territories in western Mosul.

Iraqi forces kill 21 IS members, including snipers, in snap attack in Mosul

[Iraq News] Iraqi special forces killed early Monday 21 Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 members in a snap operation at a western djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
 district where troops struggle to invade on their way to the strategic Old City.

Speaking to Shafaaq News website, Cap. Abdul-Wadoud al-Anbari said the Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response teams and the army’s 9th division killed 21 holy warriors, including five snipers, in al-Shefa district, one of the last three districts surrounding the IS-held Old City area.

Since late April, Iraqi forces began a push towards the medieval Old City from the northwest, retaking several surrounding districts. At present, only three neighborhoods around the Old City remain under IS control: Zanjili, al-Sihha and al-Shefa.

The area’s impassable alleyways have made it hard for army and police vehicles to go through, and the existence of at least 200.000 civilians under IS captivity has also slowed down the pace of operations, according to Iraqi generals.

UN: ISIL kills 163 people in Mosul in one day

[Al Jazeera] Fighters from the ISIS (Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 of Iraq and the Levant, also known as ISIS) group have killed more than 160 people in one day last week to prevent them from fleeing western djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
, according to the United Nations
...boodling on the grand scale...
The agency on Tuesday accused ISIS of carrying out the attack in the group's last stronghold, where a coalition of troops is working to flush out the fighters.

"The brutality of ISIS [ISIS] and other terrorist groups seemingly knows no bounds," said Zeid bin Ra'ad al-Hussein, the UN's human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
 chief.

"Yesterday, my staff reported to me that bodies of murdered Iraqi men, women and kiddies still lay on the streets of the al-Shira neighbourhood of western Mosul, after at least 163 people were shot and killed by ISIS to prevent them from fleeing."
Posted by: Fred 2017-06-07
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