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Iraq Drops Hundreds Of Thousands Of Leaflets On Mosul Promising Liberation !


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CNN. Broadcasting With SandFly From A Crop Duster Over Mosul While Dropping 'Thanks' And Leaflets !

 

 

 

(by FrostyTheSnowman)

Iraq drops hundreds of thousands of leaflets on Mosul promising liberation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqi-planes-drop-leaflets-on-mosul-promising-liberation-soon/2015/03/18/b223663e-cd6d-11e4-8730-4f473416e759_story.html

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi planes dropped hundreds of thousands of leaflets over Mosul overnight Wednesday urging civilians to collaborate against the Islamic State ahead of a military push, the Defense Ministry said.

Addressed to “the people of Mosul,” the flier, copies of which were circulated online, promised that the city would be liberated soon. Qais Karim of the Defense Ministry’s media office said the air force’s C-130 Hercules planes made the drops to “mobilize the people.”

The move came despite military operations stalling farther east in Tikrit, where Iraqi forces’ largest offensive to date against the Islamic State extremist group has paused amid heavy casualties. 

“Mosul is your city, Iraq is your Iraq,” the flier read. “Your armed forces are very close to you.”

It went on to urge civilians to make a note of those working with the extremists.

“Watch their bases, record their infidel actions. Point out those who cooperate with them to destroy your ancient civilization,” it said.

There are signs of disagreement among the security forces over the timeline for a Mosul offensive, with some officials arguing that the western province of Anbar is a more critical priority.

Karim said that there was no timeline for a Mosul offensive but that the city would be the next target after operations in Tikrit and the surrounding province of Salahuddin end.

Iraqi officials earlier had publicly pushed back against a U.S. official’s comments that an offensive could begin in April.

Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Tuesday held a meeting with field commanders to discuss the expected Mosul operation, the ministry said.

However, some of Iraq’s most influential security chiefs have said that Sunni-dominated Anbar is a more pressing concern.

“After Tikrit, Anbar, and after Anbar, Mosul,” Hadi al-Amiri, the head of Iraq’s Badr Organization, a prominent Shiite armed group that has emerged as a powerful player on the battlefield, said in an interview Tuesday near the front lines in Salahuddin. 

Iraqi armed forces are advancing in parts of Anbar, pushing Islamic State militants back in the town of Garma, west of Baghdad, though they remain under pressure in the provincial capital of Ramadi.

Amiri cited concerns that if the army collapses in Anbar’s population centers, including Ramadi and Haditha, local tribes that have fought the Islamic State will be massacred.

“Therefore, it’s necessary to rush the Anbar operation,” he said. That move also would cut enemy supply lines to Mosul, assisting any offensive there, he said.

Security officials have raised concerns about Iraqi forces’ capability to hold ground in Sunni areas it seizes. The military relies significantly on Shiite militias, running the risk of alienating the local population.

Meanwhile, the pause in fighting in Tikrit has stirred doubts about whether pro-government forces can beat the Islamic State in street battles. Karim said the military decided to stall its advance to put in place a plan that would “guarantee fewer casualties.”

Workers in a cemetery in the southern city of Najaf, where many pro-government Shiite fighters are taken for burial, have said that as many as 60 fighters were dying a day at the peak of operations in Tikrit.

The pro-government forces are yet to enter the city center, but they have reclaimed a string of towns and villages in Salahuddin province, buoying morale among the about 20,000 militiamen who have joined the fight. A few hundred Sunni tribesmen also participated.

“Your brothers in Salahuddin taught [the Islamic State] a lesson they will never forget,” the leaflet said. “And so will you.”

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They say " theres disagreement among the security forces over the timeline for a Mosul offensive" but really if you're gonna leflet bomb a city telling everyone your coming..... it would want to be in the next few hours ........ or do it and wait weeks .... when they dont expect it.


 
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They say " theres disagreement among the security forces over the timeline for a Mosul offensive" but really if you're gonna leflet bomb a city telling everyone your coming..... it would want to be in the next few hours ........ or do it and wait weeks .... when they dont expect it.

 

 

Maybe their first move is to scare them and if they don't react then they'll take action.

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ISIS is shaking in their boots.  cut off from their main supply and knowing that a fight to the death is upon them.  propaganda is a major psychological weapon and iraq is using it to the fullest.  it is evident that the iraqi army is getting a lot of multifaceted training from the united states.  at this point i don't believe the battle for mosul is contingent upon whether or not the iraqi army can take the city but more about if they can hold and secure what has been taken.  once they are certain that they can hold the region, they will launch their assault.  

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Thanks DT...It's a done deal...they're cut off...Why make an all out offensive, they know exactly what there doin'...I wouldn't put to much enfaces on any brilliant counter if they did...But to save just one Mama from cryin'....Get inside their head and make them make rash decision...bet there's a couple pamphlets statin' the option for surrender does not exist, identify, excite shoot on sight...    

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I believe the pamphlets are trying to re-instill the feeling of patriotism so that when the troops pull out the local and surrounding tribes can keep the area secure. Let's face it; the Iraqi army doesn't have enough troops to leave 500-600 in every burg. JMO

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This was done Wednesday Night and Saturday night ISIS had executed 20 of its militants in Iraq who were trying to escape from the frontline and flee to Syria. It worked because at least 20 were trying to escape

another story by Thug

 

 

Top Kurdish ISIS leader killed in Mosul
By RUDAW 7 hours ago

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The top Kurdish ISIS leader, reportedly responsible for the death of dozens of Kurdish civilians, was killed in coalition air strikes in Mosul, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said Sunday.

“Ziad Salim Mohammad Ali al-Kurdi, the top ethnically Kurdish ISIS leader, has been killed by US-led coalition airstrikes last night in Mosul,” the KRG’s National Security Council said in a statement.

It said that al-Kurdi, who was “also known as Mansur, had joined the al-Qaida terrorist group in 2004,” and was arrested by coalition forces in 2006.

It added that al-Kurdi was later affiliated with ISIS and “had been in charge of several military operations,” including assaults on the Kurdish towns of Gwer and Makhmur, some 80 kilometers south of Erbil.

“Dozens of Kurdish civilians and Iraqi people have been murdered by al-Kurdi”, the statement said.

Coalition airstrikes have been bombarding ISIS arsenals and positions in Syria and Iraq ahead of an impending attack on Mosul, which was captured by ISIS in June.

Meanwhile, an official from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) from Mosul told Rudaw Sunday that ISIS had executed 20 of its militants in Iraq who were trying to escape from the frontline and flee to Syria.

“The fighters were trying to escape from a battle near Mosul on Saturday,” he said.

“All the militants were reportedly from Iraq and were killed by ISIS foreign fighters,” he added.

Coalition airstrikes on ISIS bases and troops near Mosul on Saturday reportedly led to the deaths of several ISIS militants.

http://rudaw.net/eng...istan/290320153



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