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| Rudaw camera zooms in on Mosul ahead of final battle | |
| 2016-02-27 | |
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... that has been under ISIS control for more than a year and a half. There can be seen little movement around town. The Rudaw camera zoomed in the city. It appears the ISIS Lions of Islam have withdrawn further into town. An offensive against Mosul is a hot topic these days. The Peshmerga and their guns are ready for that day. A Peshmerga commander based just a few kilometers from Mosul says it is not going to be a very difficult battle. ISIS has abandoned some towns and villages near Mosul. This is the town of Bartila. It is a big town and close to Mosul, but it appears deserted. It is estimated that the battle for Mosul will require 60,000 men. 25-30,000 will have a direct participation. The battle will take place on several fronts: Gwer, Mount Zartik, Nawaran, Talafar, Shingal and Baghdad direction. A Kurdish Peshmerga official says the Kurds will take part but the numbers and type of guns aren’t clear yet. At the moment the Kurds, Iraq and coalition have a joint operations command to draw the plans for control of Mosul. They aim to retake the city with the least casualties and shortest time. To get the Mosul population on board Iraqi planes have dropped leaflets on the city several times and asked them for cooperation. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 As long as the Mosul Dam doesn't collapse first. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-02-27 17:18 |