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| Daesh leaders defecting before Mosul operation |
| 2016-10-06 |
| [AA.TR] ISIS leaders are leaving djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... as Iraqi forces prepare to take the city held by the krazed killer group since 2014, a Canadian general said Wednesday. Comments by Brig. Gen. Dave Anderson, who heads the U.S.-led coalition’s train-and-equip program for Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces, came during a video conference from Baghdad. "We've already seen signs of [ISIS] leaders abandoning their posts in Mosul, because they know what's coming. They know that Mosul is going to fall," he said. "Plans are being finalized for the Mosul liberation while shaping operations, positioning of forces, logistics and ammunition and the relentless employment of coalition strikes all set the stage for success in Mosul." According to the general, the final brigade that will take part in the operation recently began three weeks of training by the coalition that has trained 12 brigades to date -- each comprised of 800 - 1,600 troops for the offensive. The general estimated that 30,000 - 45,000 forces would be able to hold Iraq’s second largest city following its recapture from ISIS. Currently there are about 8,000 Ninawa governorate police and 10,000 - 12,000 tribal forces that have been trained and will be employed by the holding force, he said, adding that nonlocal forces would assist in securing the city from outside. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Mosul wasn't really under Iraqi control from 200 forward. During the day...maybe you might have the optics that the Iraqi Shia government might have a modicum of sway, but behind the scenes the Sunni have run that town...if the Sunni believe that the Shia are going to have their retribution...then that number of ISIS fighters will swell to 50,000... This could be really ugly for all involved. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-10-06 22:47 |
| #4 If one believes the "officials": Top IS leaders are leaving the city and the group has been transporting out archeological pieces, money and other valuables. European and Middle Eastern fighters have also left, according to Iraqi and Kurdish officials, leaving the defense of the city to a mixture of locals, Turkmen and Chechens. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-10-06 08:52 |
| #3 Run away, run away!!! |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-10-06 08:11 |
| #2 Gottem surrounded do they? Souk time! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-10-06 05:04 |
| #1 Like East Germany before the Soviets pulled out.... |
| Posted by: newc 2016-10-06 03:10 |