Iraq Launches Offensive to Retake Mosul From ISIS Occupiers

[jpak]

Source: NBC News

The Iraqi army, directed by U.S. advisers, launch an offensive Sunday aimed at wresting Mosul from the hands of ISIS and ending its brutal two-year occupation.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced late Sunday that the operation to retake the last ISIS-held city in the country had begun — but plans for it were known long before.

Earlier Sunday, Hadi Al-Ameri, commander of the Badr Shiite organization; Ahmed Al-Asadi, a spokesman for the Popular Mobilization Forces, the militia coalition supporting the opeartion; and Gen. Shaker Jawdat, commander of the federal police, arrived at the military base in Qayyarah, a senior security official said.

Iraq's air force dropped leaflets warning Mosul residents that the liberators are coming, and the Baghdad government directed broadcasts directly into the heart of the occupied city.

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Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/iraq-turmoil/isis-occupiers-mosul-will-fight-death-n665131

[irisblue]

1. on BBC.com too

thx Shrub & Cheney!

[bora13]

2. the sky is falling!

The quote on wherever alt-right site, "The media told the islamics where and when they were to be attacked. The media and the first amendment must go."

Except it would be all mis-spelled and stuff.

[jpak]

3. Wouldn't it be great if Mosul was liberated on November 4th?

November surprise.

[Warpy]

4. It would be better if it were liberated earlier

Dabiq is now out of their hands and that is a crushing propaganda defeat as well as a military one. They're on the run and they should be kept running until they get tired enough that they want to forget the whole thing.

[GreydeeThos]

5. Cheers could be heard in the street

Cheering could be heard coming from the corporate headquarters of the following companies:

Lockheed Martin
Boeing
Raytheon
General Dynamics
Northrop Grumman
Textron
Oshkosh
ATK
General Atomics

[PersonNumber503602]

7. What are your thoughts on this move by Iraq?

[GreydeeThos]

8. Is this a move by Iraq or US pressure?

What I see is an all out frontal assault using American made helicopters, armored vehicles, and missiles against a band of guerilla fighters hold up in a bombed out city. There is reporting by the press on the ground at every flank. Back in the studio they have the 'big maps' with colored regions and arrows indicating troop movements. The only thing this type of operation does is kill people and sell large quantities expensive military hardware.

If the western countries were really interested in ending the conflict, they would address first the source of ISIS's funding and then the motivation for these men to take up arms.

[DK504]

6. ...

So will the media drop the election coverage for more wargasims? I wonder if they will even carry the debate.