A 10-day drive by Iraqi troops has dismantled Al Qaeda’s network in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul regarded by the United States as the militants’ last stronghold, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. “Operation Mother of Two Springs has enabled us to dismantle and weaken the Al Qaeda network in Nineveh province,” spokesman Abdel Karim Khalaf told AFP.
A total of 1,480 people have been detained since the operation began on May 14, Khalaf added. US Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Iraqi troops had displayed leadership in the Mosul operation and the Al Qaeda network was close to being completely defeated.
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