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Originally Posted by crockett
Meanwhile in Iraq, the US did not bomb Mosul to rubble and yet with Iraq forces and our help we pushed ISIS almost completely out of that city in a little over a month of fighting and have just about pushed them out of Iraq. Of course the fight is not over yet, but it's obvious we are doing way better than Russia is in Syria.
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Yep . sure looks like it ....
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Awaiting breakthrough after six weeks
Anti-Isis forces have effectively surrounded Mosul after more than six weeks of fighting but most observers expect the battle to last into 2017. The only Iraqi units inside the city are making slow progress in eastern districts, where Isis forces are fighting hard in areas where large numbers of civilians are still present. About 70,000 refugees are living in camps mainly to the north-east of Mosul but their numbers could swell if conditions deteriorate further inside the city. Fighting has cut off water supplies for about 650,000 people and the UN has said a siege-like situation is developing. Food supplies have dwindled since Shia militia cut off the main corridor to Isis territory in Syria but the Iraqi government has discouraged them from taking the strategic town of Tel Afar, which may have raised sectarian tensions with its mainly Turkoman residents.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ting-iraq-isis
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