Five years later .. Nujaifi reveals the "real cause" of the fall of Mosul

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Women are burning their burqas and men shaving off their beards in a show of defiance against ISIS after escaping from the terrorist group's stronghold in Syria. 

Civilians in Raqqa tore off their traditional dress and set it alight after being liberated from the city on Thursday.

And some of the men immediately began shaving off their facial hair in a move to 'spite' Islamic State.

Strict dress codes were implemented by ISIS, requiring women to wear long, black robes over their dresses and cover their faces almost entirely with black burqas.

One woman, who had exposed her face, refusing to wear the veil, said: "They killed my son because he wouldn't pray.

"They didn't allow us to take his body for a whole week."

 

Women hug as they celebrate their liberation (Image: YPG Press Office)

Women have been setting their burqas alight (Image: YPG Press Office)

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One man, who was having his beard trimmed by a barber said defiantly: "Cut it all off, cut it all of to spite ISIS."

He then smiles as his hairdresser nods in agreement.

Islamic State has now been defeated in its main stronghold in the Iraqi city of Mosul and is under pressure in its base in the Syrian city of Raqqa . 

Yesterday, Syrian warplanes carried out air strikes against Islamic State in an area of countryside east of Raqqa and close to where US-backed forces operate, Syrian state TV reported, citing a military source.

The attacks in the town of Maadan and village of Bir al-Sabkhawi, near the provincial boundary with Deir al-Zor governorate, "destroyed several bases and vehicles" belonging to the Islamist group, the source said.

 

Civilians were distraught after losing family members at the hands of the terror group (Image: YPG Press Office)

A man has his beard trimmed by a barber (Image: YPG Press Office)

The man grins as his beard is cut off (Image: YPG Press Office)

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The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said it was the first time in several weeks that the Syrian military had launched an attack in that area.

The Syrian army has active front lines with Islamic State in Raqqa's western countryside, where it has recaptured territory from the jihadists.

But air strikes in the east take the fight closer to where the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), an alliance dominated by Kurdish fighters, are operating.

The SDF launched a final assault to drive Islamic State out of its stronghold of Raqqa city last month, and have spearheaded efforts against the group in Syria's northeast.

 

The Syrian army backed by Russian warplanes is separately fighting the jihadists further west, but has also carried out air raids in Raqqa and Deir al-Zor provinces.

The SDF accused Syrian government forces of bombing their positions in June, one of several incidents that raised tension between the United States on one side and Syria and Russia on the other.

It was not immediately clear how close Saturday's air strikes came to SDF positions, but they were within kilometres (miles) of SDF-controlled territory.

 

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'Kill anything or anyone that moves': Iraqi major reveals the brutal orders he was given as ISIS were flushed out of Mosul - to gun down the city's innocent women and children

• Terrorists, soldiers, civilians and children are among the dead in the Iraqi city 
• After the liberation, Iraqi soldiers claim to have been told to kill anyone they saw
• Iraqi major said it was the 'wrong thing to do' but that he had to carry out orders
• He admitted seeing innocent civilians being shot as they drank from River Tigris 

By Gareth Davies For Mailonline

Published: 10:59 EDT, 27 July 2017 | Updated: 11:42 EDT, 27 July 2017

 

 

 

An Iraqi major has told of the brutal orders he was given as ISIS were flushed out of Mosul - to kill everyone.

Terrorists, soldiers, civilians and children are all among the hundreds of corpses piled up beneath the rubble in the annihilated northern city. 

After the liberation, the army officer said he and his comrades were told by their superiors 'to kill anything or anyone that moved', which included Mosul's desperate citizens who have lived through the terror of ISIS' reign.

He said it was the wrong call because the remaining terrorists had surrendered, but the strict orders were obeyed and the now lawless city's devastation continues. 

 

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An Iraqi Army soldier - not related to the orders -  in the destroyed Old City district beside the Tigris River on July 22, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq, where an an army major revealed he was told to kill everyone - including civilians

 

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Iraqi Civil Defence workers recover the body of a dead civilian in the destroyed Old City of Mosul

 

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Two Iraqi Civil Defence workers next to two bodybags lying on the rubble in front of a battered truck full of bullet holes 

Talking to Middle East Eye, the major - who spoke on condition of anonymity - said: 'There are many civilians among the bodies.

'After liberation was announced, the order was given to kill anything or anyone that moved.' 

Shockingly, he said the actions of the allied forces in recent days mirrors that of ISIS in the city over the past months with even public executions being witnessed near the River Tigris. 

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'There is no law here now,' the major said. 

'Every day, I see that we are doing the same thing as ISIS. 

'People went down to the river to get water because they were dying of thirst and we killed them.'

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the major said the orders were wrong, but the military had to follow them.

 

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A body is carried from the rubble in Mosul, Iraq 

'It was not the right thing to do,' he said.

'Most of the ISIS fighters surrendered. They gave themselves up, and we just killed them.'

There had been speculation of prisons in Baghdad being too full to accept any more ISIS prisoners, but the major dismissed it saying coalition forces' tactics had changed since the start of the Battle for Mosul began back in 2016. 

'It's not true,' he said. 'We have plenty of prisons, but now we are not treating the prisoners like we did before.'

'Earlier in this war, we arrested a lot of Daesh and brought them to the intelligence services. But now, we make very few arrests.'

A number of journalists witnessed an ISIS fighter being dragged through the streets of the Old City with his arms and legs bound and a noose around his neck.  

 

One of the major's soldiers, talking of the brutality, told MEE: 'We killed them all. ISIS, men, women and children. We killed everyone.'

 

As the temperature pushes 50C, the stench of rotting flesh is filling the air in Mosul - a city reduced to a wasteland after months of bloody battles.  

The missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters.

Squatting on the edge of a crater under the burning sun of an Iraqi summer, Khaled Fizaali watches as a digger of the Civil Defence service pulls up a jumble of iron bars, concrete and wood.

The smell of decay rises as the excavator reveals human remains and Fizaali quickly descends from his perch of rubble in west Mosul.

But it's not his wife Sarah, 31, or his seven-year-old girl Touqa, who he has been desperate to find for the last two months.

'It's a neighbour, I recognise the clothes,' he says. 

'I know they're under there. My brother was with them when it was bombed.'

 

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The destroyed al-Hadba minaret at the Grand al-Nuri Mosque is seen in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. After the liberation, the army officer and his comrades were told by their superiors 'to kill anything or anyone that moved', which included Mosul's desperate citizens who have lived through the terror of ISIS' reign

 

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The devastation of Mosul is laid bare outside the ruined Grand al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City

Nineteen members of Fizaali's family died in the May 19 air strike on the building, where jihadist fighters had taken up positions on the roof. Only his brother survived.

Seventeen bodies were found in a first search a month ago, including the remains of Fizaali's 10-year-old son.

Fizaali has no illusions - his wife and daughter are dead.

'But what's important for me is to find their bodies, this would bring me peace. I could visit them when I wanted to. When I go to my son's grave, I feel calmer.'

It took more than eight months of heavy fighting, air strikes and shelling to dislodge the Islamic State group from Mosul, Iraq's second largest city and once the jihadists' biggest urban bastion.

In the process significant parts of the city, and especially west Mosul's Old City, were pulverised, leaving months of work ahead for Civil Defence workers to clear out the debris and search for the many still missing.

 

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An Iraqi Civil Defence worker prepares to recover the bodies of dead civilians from the destroyed Old City district

There are likely still hundreds, possibly even thousands, of bodies left to find.

'We don't have any estimates,' says Major Rabia Ibrahim Hassan of the Civil Defence, as his team works in the rubble nearby.

'We can't know, because IS moved people from house to house to use them as human shields. 

'People still come to us today to tell us they think they have loved ones buried in this or that place.'

A few minutes later his men pull up a skull, which like the other remains that they find will be sent to the forensic department of the Al-Salam hospital in Mosul's Wadi Hajar district.

Every day 'no less than 30 or 40 bodies' arrive at the hospital, according to Dhiyaeddin Shamseddin, the deputy head of the service. 

In the last month, 850 bodies have passed through, of which 180 have not been identified.

A few dozen people arrive every day to enquire about lost friends and family, he says, like Zahraa and Hajar Nashwan who came to ask about their big brother Ahmed. 

They have had no news of him since their home was bombed two months ago.

'We made it out alive but we feel like we died,' says Zahraa, the older of the two.

'People say that even if you lose all your money and possessions, it's not so bad, the important thing is that you still have the people you love. But we've lost both.'

 

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Iraqi Army soldiers in the destroyed Old City district beside the Tigris River on July 22, 2017 in Mosul, Iraq. Despite the declared liberation of Mosul Islamic State counter-attacks and Iraqi forces casualties continue

Hajar, 18, says they have done all they can to find their brother.

'We searched in the rubble, we went to the checkpoints, we went to the camp (for the displaced) at Hamam al-Halil, we found nothing,' she says. 'I don't know if we will know some day. It will be up to God.'

But for those spending their days searching the devastated streets of Mosul, there's always some hope.

 'The other day we found eight people who survived in a cave under the rubble for 25 days,' Hassan of the Civil Defence says

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One word to describe that article..............Sickening. 

 

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Iraq

Rebuilding Mosul one of the biggest challenges world has seen in decades

By Rudaw 7 hours ago

The scale of destruction in west Mosul is huge – 15 of its 54 residential districts are completely destroyed. Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Three years of ISIS control over Mosul and military operations to liberate the city left key infrastructure in ruins, causing the largest rebuilding and stabilization challenge the world has seen in decades.
 
According to preliminary UN estimates of western Mosul, of 54 residential districts, 15 are completely destroyed, 23 are moderately damaged, and 16 are lightly damaged. 

The representative of the United Nations Develop Program (UNDP) in Iraq, Lise Grande, who is also the humanitarian coordinator, told Rudaw that estimates for immediate stabilization, to repair basic public infrastructure in western Mosul alone, sit at $700 million. 



In a letter to the Global Coalition from Brett McGurk, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIS, published on the US Department of State’s website Tuesday, he stated that the US will provide much needed funds to the UN in order to continue the post-ISIS process of stabilizing Mosul and surrounding areas.
 
“During its occupation of Mosul, ISIS destroyed many of the city’s religious and cultural treasures, including the al-Nuri Mosque and the Tomb of the Prophet Jonah. ISIS used mosques, schools and hospitals as bomb-building facilities and fighting positions,” McGurk stated.
 
The UNDP’s Funding Facility for Stabilization (FFS) is currently supporting over 1,000 projects in 25 liberated areas in cooperation with the Iraqi government to help rebuild destroyed infrastructure as well as provide jobs to Iraq’s displaced so that they can return home as soon as possible and receive an income to support their families in the process.
 
“I didn’t see my family for three years during this conflict,” one Mosul resident, Ibrahim Mustafa, said as he cleaned a roundabout near the al-Zuhur neighborhood. “Now that I’m back, I need a way to support them. This job helps me do that.”
 
Lise Grande said in a statement on July 17, “The level of destruction in western Mosul is the worst in Iraq… There’s a huge amount of work to do and it needs to be done quickly.”
 
“The United States is already responding to these challenges,” McGurk stated. “There is more to do, and investments now will carry dividends later to help maintain the rate of returnees to their homes in liberated areas.”
 
The UN has requested $707 million for stabilization programs in western Mosul, $174 million in eastern Mosul and another $232 million to stabilize other areas of Iraq.
  
One of the largest health care facilities in Mosul, Ibn Al-Atheer Hospital, suffered extensive damage in the conflict. Teams of women supported by UNDP have spent weeks cleaning and restoring the hospital in order to make it operational again.

“My husband was killed in the conflict,” said Amira Saleh, a widow from Mosul. “I want to work here as much as possible to support my family.”

The UNDP is also supporting the rebuilding of educational facilities where classrooms were destroyed or damaged under the control of ISIS causing children to miss over two years of school.

Students were eager to return to Mosul University which re-opened in May soon after the liberation of east Mosul. Much of the university lies in ruins, but some buildings suffered only minimal damage or escaped completely unscathed.

UNDP is helping to rehabilitate the university by providing 50 generators, deploying “cash-for-work” teams to clean the university grounds and clear debris as well as rebuilding dormitories.
 
Repairs to the As-Salamiyah Water Treatment Plant were completed and it was re-opened in early May and Al-Qubba Water Treatment Plant in east Mosul is under rehabilitation. Due to the repairs, hundreds of thousands of people living in east Mosul and other areas of the Nineveh Province now have access to clean, safe drinking water.
 
"We are working as quickly to possible to re-establish water and sewage systems and electrical grids," UNDP's Grande said. "Thousands of people, many from destitute families, are working on public schemes, earning income while helping to rebuild their communities."

Although Mosul is now liberated from ISIS, the city still faces many infrastructure challenges to rebuild a city that dates back to 401 BC, parts of the city now resembling a ghost town.

“Here in Mosul, everything is gone,” Mustafa of al-Zuhur neighborhood said. “Our jobs, our homes, our livelihoods. But we still have our souls. All our neighbors help each other. Rebuilding our city is one way to do that.”

 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/290720172

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Jodat: 40% of the cleanup of the old Mosul area and cleaning of the residue is accomplished

 

 

 

The head of the federal police forces, Major General Raid Shaker Jawdat, on Monday, completed 40% of the purges of the old Mosul areas and cleaned from the remnants of the organization calling the terrorist, pointing out that his forces found the headquarters of the organization and workshops for the booby-traps during operations. 

"The federal police have completed 40 percent of the purges of old Mosul areas and cleaned up of the remnants of terrorism," Jawdat said. 

He added that his forces' found a headquarters for a workshop and a workshop for the manufacture of traps and explosive belts in the Najafi area containing ammonium nitrate and explosive devices.

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An epic story of a family that survived in Mosul

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An Iraqi family survived a miracle after being trapped under the rubble for twenty-one days in the city of Mosul because it could not be saved due to the fierce fighting between the security forces and the terrorists.

The house, which was inhabited by the family, was subjected to a raid by the International Alliance against Daqash, and the family has since been stuck in the midst of the destruction, the Telegraph newspaper reported. 
The head of the family, Walid Ibrahim Khalil, was in the entrance to Bab al-Bayt during the bombing of the old city of Mosul on June 30, throwing him away while his wife remained with two of his sons and three children and two grandchildren under the rubble. 
The 46-year-old Khalil asked the rescue teams every day to help him save his family, but the presence of snipers in the area made the operation impossible. 
The man carried plastic bags every morning to extract the bodies of his family and bury them, thinking that the whole family had died. 
But the surprise that Khalil did not expect was that the eight people buried by the rubble were still alive, contrary to what was expected. 
Khalil's wife said: "We did not scream for help, because we were afraid of a terrorist calling abroad." 
"We thought everyone had died, especially since we did not hear a voice at any time, and the smell of the bodies was soaked," she said. 
"We cooked it on a gas stove, and none of us got more than three spoons a day. I can not describe the hunger we felt," he said. 
The water bottles the family received from the well were dirty and had to be mixed with chlorine until they became drinkable. 
Light penetrated the house through a small window, and the family made an effort to get through the ruins to sleep, especially for young children. 
Adding to the suffering of the Iraqi family, the heat in the summer, in the city of Mosul, to about 50 degrees Celsius.

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Good morning Yota and thanks for bringing this story over, and in reality, epic is an understatement 😔

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Luxembourg offers 500,000 euros for demining from Mosul

Economy News _ Baghdad Luxembourg provided € 500,000 in financial aid to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) to clear mines and explosives and to support stability in the liberated city of Mosul. "In the west of Mosul, where there are 54 residential districts, 15 neighborhoods have been severely damaged and 23 neighborhoods have been moderately damaged after the fighting," said a UN statement read by the Economist News. In Mosul, which affects the return of more than half a million civilians. " "UNMAS teams carried out preliminary assessment missions in western Mosul and confirmed that there was serious damage to the infrastructure of water, power plants and sewage systems," he said, adding that western Mosul was one of the biggest challenges to restoring stability and the most complex United Nations ". "Identifying and removing the dangers of explosives is the first step before undertaking stabilization or humanitarian interventions, a crucial enabling factor for any activities to restore stability in Iraq," the statement said.

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All roads lead to Mosul. 

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Thanks for posting this, climber7. The words in this text certainly 'put things into perspective' - at least from my view. I've heard of many of the events described in this article before - in bits and pieces - over the past few years, but this particular summary really gets the point across.

 

I certainly look forward to being in a position to help the people referenced in this article in the coming days or weeks...

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16 minutes ago, presence said:

Thanks for posting this, climber7. The words in this text certainly 'put things into perspective' - at least from my view. I've heard of many of the events described in this article before - in bits and pieces - over the past few years, but this particular summary really gets the point across.

 

I certainly look forward to being in a position to help the people referenced in this article in the coming days or weeks...

 

Thanks for the kind words and taking time to read it

It doesn't take much--even just a little right now before the RV--would help.... 

 

Peace 

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Thanks for posting. I definitely want to help the Iraqi Christians post RV. They've been through so much and we need to help our Bros and sisters around the world.

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17,000 displaced persons return to their areas in the Nineveh Plain

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17,000 displaced persons return to their areas in the Nineveh Plain

 

19-08-2017 01:04 PM

 

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The Ministry of Displacement and Migration revealed the return of 17 thousand displaced persons to their areas of origin in the Nineveh Plain after its liberation at the end of last year. 

The Minister of Immigration and Displaced Jassem Mohammed Al-Jaf said in a press statement that the ministry's office in Al-Hamdania district received the displaced people, where they returned to their homes in Hamdania, Nahia Bartala, Baheshika and Nimrod. 

He described the dryness of these numbers of returnees very little compared to the number of displaced from those areas, but he considered it a good start, stressing that the ministry will encourage the return of displaced by providing adequate assistance for the purpose of increasing the number of returnees.

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Video .. Witness the magnitude of the destruction of Mosul yesterday morning

 

19-08-2017 01:35 PM

 

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Al-Furat news received a modern video of the Mosul where it shows the extent of the destruction caused by the battles against the organization calling the terrorist.

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US hidden bombs kill Mosul

19/08/2017

 

 

(Pentagon) said the ministry was seeking to declassify sites that were the target of attacks in Mosul did not explode US bombs, where there has been fierce fighting for eight months against the organization of a preacher.

General Stephen Townsend, the commander of the military campaign on Da'ash, said on Thursday (August 17th) that he was looking for a way to bypass the old base, which is required to keep the secret coordinates of unexploded ordnance for 25 years, the New York Times , Last Thursday.

According to human rights groups and specialists, the city of Mosul is full of booby traps and improvised explosive devices left behind by the Da'ash fighters, as well as dozens, perhaps hundreds, of unexploded bomblets, known as "Dud".

The US-led coalition against Da'ash sent thousands of bombs to Mosul during the battle to liberate the city.

Other sites may reveal

The Pentagon usually does not like to reveal details that military planners see as "operational," and that definition applies to sites designated for US unexploded ordnance. But General Townsend said on Thursday he thought it was necessary to find a way out of the 25-year-old secret base.

He added: "I believe that once it becomes a history, there is no mistake in disclosing it to the world. "We want to help remove the remnants of explosives from Mosul and from all the places where we helped the Iraqis fight, so we'll find a way to do that."

Defense officials say the coordinates of unexploded US bombs in Ramadi, Falluja and other locations may also be revealed.

Currently, experts can obtain the six-digit coordinates of unexploded ordnance from US military officials. But these unclassified reports identify the location of dud bombs only in a radius of 100 meters, a large area that may require hours, even days to search.

Defense officials said one of the plans would allow a network of 10-digit coordinates for dud bombs, which could locate the bomb in an area between one and three meters. The proportion of unexploded US bombs varies depending on the type of bomb. US officials say 2 to 3 percent of bombs received during air strikes do not explode.

"Every army fights on a land that leaves unexploded ordnance behind," General Townsend said. The bombs do not explode, but we will find a way to help them. "

Deadly bombs

The threat of unexploded US bombs remains for decades, and the US satellite network CNN says the bombs fired by US aircraft four decades ago on Laos are still being paid for.

About 20,000 people in Laos have been killed or maimed by unexploded ordnance since the end of the US war when US bombers bombed nine years of Laos in an effort to stop the communist insurgency and cut off supply lines to the north, That's it. "

The danger in Mosul is not limited to secret US bombs, "said David Johnson, vice president of Janus Global Operations and Washington Operations, which works with the United States on explosive ordnance clearance." A militant organization used to plant IEDs literally as a weaponization system , To make it difficult to return Iraqis to their homes as much as possible. Johnson said Daash fighters had blown up western Mosul "to the extent that none of those who worked in our area have seen it."

A specialist in the removal of crackers working for Janus Global Operations for strategic development, the company has found hidden equipment hidden in the stoves of houses, and laboratories at the University of Mosul, and grinding machines in a cement factory. One day, Wednesday, August 16, Janus' ammunition removal specialists found about 50 explosive devices in the town of Baasheqa, about eight miles east of Mosul.

Experts say that mines are usually planted in rows in the open ground, but the improvised explosive devices used in buildings are connected to household appliances such as refrigerators, heaters and televisions and are set to explode when a button is pressed or a door is opened.

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), which coordinates the explosive ordnance disposal campaign, says around 1,700 people have been killed and wounded by the explosives since the cleanup began in October.

On July 10, 2017, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of the city of Mosul entirely from the control of the Daqash organization, which has extended its influence since 10 June 2014.

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The final result of the battle of Mosul .. The killing of "1400" Iraqi soldier and wounding "7000" others wounded

21-08-2017 02:44 PM

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Baghdad News -

 

 

The New York Times reported on Monday that the death toll of the security forces in the 9-month-old Mosul reconstruction battle ended on July 10, adding that the equipment of the military units was also badly damaged by the battle. 

"About 1,400 Iraqi soldiers were killed in the battle to restore Mosul and another 7,000 wounded," the paper quoted officials at the US embassy in Baghdad as saying.

 
On the other hand, the commander of the international coalition forces against Da'ash in Iraq, Gen. Stephen Townsend, said that the military equipment of the Iraqi army has been badly damaged during the battle of Mosul 'so that most of the windows of the front Humvees are shattered.

 
"After nine months of fighting, you can imagine how your military equipment will be," he said, adding that "US military equipment technicians helped their Iraqi counterparts maintain and rehabilitate tanks and armored vehicles with bulldozers and Humvees for use in the battle to liberate Tal Afar."

[gregp]

Sad deal

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Iraqi Forces Discover 500 Corpses in Two Mass Graves in Mosul

 

Basnews English

25/08/2017 - 22:07

Iraq

 

 

 

ERBIL — The remains of 500 prisoners executed by the so-called Islamic State (IS) back in 2014 were found in recently liberated Mosul, Iraqi military media reported on Friday. 

According to a statement released by the Iraqi Defense Ministry's War Media Cell, two mass graves containing a total of 500 corpses were discovered by the Iraqi forces in liberated Mosul. The statement further added that the corpses are of Badush Prison inmates, who were detained and executed back in 2014, when the IS militants first emerged in Iraq. 

The Iraqi forces liberated the Badush prison in March this year, as part of the operation against IS in Mosul, which was launched in October 2016. 

The Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider al-Abadi, declared the full liberation of Mosul on the 10th of July, after nine months of fighting the IS militants with the support of the US-led coalition.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/373618

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IMIS terrorists commit heinous crimes against innocent Sunnis in Mosul

August 26 2017 02:25 PM

IMIS terrorists commit heinous crimes against innocent Sunnis in Mosul

 

 

The Iranian militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) have kidnapped and exploited several innocent civilians and businessmen in Mosul, tribal leaders revealed Saturday.

The ِArab tribes accused the government in Baghdad of sectarian discrimination between the tribal fighters and IMIS terrorists.

These tribal fighters have called the government for financial support as they have not received their salaries in the last nine months, Youssef Mohammad Salah, a volunteer at the Tribal mobilization forces, said.

Several international human rights monitors have warned from the violations committed by IMIS terrorists in Mosul as the security may collapse again in the city after it was regained from ISIS.

On July 10th, Abadi declared the full liberation of Mosul from ISIS.

IMIS is one of the main groups fomenting terror in the country as it heavily depends on support from Iran. Its foremost aim is to enforce demographic changes in the Sunni regions in Iraq.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16187/IMIS-terrorists-commit-heinous-crimes-against-innocent-Sunnis-in-Mosul

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Security forces seize 336 books stolen from Mosul library

August 27 2017 03:50 PM

Breaking

 

 

Iraqi security forces on Sunday seized 336 books which were stolen by ISIS terrorist group from Mosul library.

The library at the University of Mosul, among the finest in the Middle East, once had a million books, historic maps, and old manuscripts. Some dated back centuries, even a millennium, sources said.

 

ISIS stolen most of these books and burnt what remains of the the library after they controlled the city.

In 2014 Mosul fell into ISIS hands.

In July US-backed Iraqi army fully liberated Mosul city from ISIS terrorists.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16245/Security-forces-seize-336-books-stolen-from-Mosul-library

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Millions of publications in Nineveh showing the map of the province are completely liberated

a wish

 Since 2017-08-31 at 15:50 (Baghdad time)

Baghdad - Mawazine News

On Thursday, air force planes dropped millions of leaflets in Nineveh showing the map of the province completely free from the control of the terrorist organization.

"The National Cell of Psychological Operations has embarked on a wide psychological operation through air force planes by dumping millions of leaflets on the province of Nineveh and its areas," the statement said.

He added that "the publications carry the map of Nineveh liberated 100 percent and the slogan of the Republic of Iraq, which shows the will of the nation and the strength of the people to restore the land and liberate the citizen from the dependence of these terrorist gangs."

The Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Haider Abadi, today, victory to liberate the district of Tal Afar and the province of Nineveh in full. Ended 29/6 N

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Glimmer of hope in Mosul as ISIS-burnt library rises from ashes

September 08 2017 05:09 PM

Mosul University library

 

 

Nearly two months after the liberation of Mosul, the city that fell to ISIS in 2014, has begun to rebuild itself socially, politically and culturally in an attempt to lick its wounds, resurrect again and turn devastation caused by the terrorist group into motivation. 
A glimpse of hope has motivated a group of young Iraqis who decided to hold the first reading festival under the title “Mosul Reads”. 
After a 40-day deadline for collecting books for the festival, different donors have provided 14,000 historical, literary and political books.

 

ISIS seized Mosul University's central library, containing over one million books with historic maps and old manuscripts some dated back centuries, and set it on fire. 
Even the only unaffected building in the library was shelled by US-led coalition aircraft during the battle to recapture the city. 
Currently, the exterior of the building is covered in black soot while its interior is filled with ashes of burnt books. 
However, on Wednesday, organizers of the festival invited “Awtar Nergal” (Nergal Strings) music band that played songs on peace at the building’s entrance while thousands were listening to the music that reminded them of the old historical Mosul, which used to be one of Iraq’s most important cultural hubs.  

 

Saleh Elias, the organizer of the festival, said that the festival aims at spreading peace and changing the stereotypical image of Mosul as a city of devastation and violence under ISIS rule.     
Many young people have taken part in collecting the books and holding the festival, Satar Mohsen, head of Dar al-Sotor, a famous publishing house in Baghdad, said.  
Mohsen also noted that the festival is a message that conveys to all that Mosul is a city that does not die and can rebuild its history once again.   
During the festival, Othman al-Mosuli folkloric dance troupe gave an incredible performance in which the attendees interacted.  

 

Mosul impresses us every day with life rapidly coming back to normal, Odai Ameed, one of the festival’s attendees, said. 
He noted that Mosul’s left bank is constantly receiving support. 
He added that if concerted efforts are made, the city will become a piece of art that has never been witnessed in 14 years.    
Youmna Obeid, a university student who was taking part in cleaning the central library, said that while she was in the library building, she used to cry out of sadness over what has befallen it.    
Now everything has changed; I became certain that everything will come back to normal or even better, she said euphorically. 

 

In February 2015, it was reported that Mosul’s central library was ransacked by ISIS and 100,000 books and manuscripts were burned.
At the time, director general of the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) Irina Bokova voiced alarm over “one of the most devastating acts of destruction of library collections in human history.
She added: “This destruction marks a new phase in the cultural cleansing perpetrated in regions controlled by armed terrorists in Iraq. It adds to the systematic destruction of heritage and the persecution of minorities that seeks to wipe out the cultural diversity that is the soul of the Iraqi people.
A few thousand books still survived and over the past few weeks since the liberation. Late in August this year, Iraqi security forces seized 336 books which were stolen by ISIS terrorist group from Mosul library.
Earlier, it was reported that civil activists from Mosul saved a huge number of rare books in a burnt building belonging to the central library of Mosul University.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16691/Glimmer-of-hope-in-Mosul-as-ISIS-burnt-library-rises-from-ashes

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Lack of life in Mosul’s right bank forces residents to leave districts

September 08 2017 03:37 PM

Mosul residents

 

 

Life in Mosul’s right bank did not come back to normal unlike the city’s left bank, a resident of al-Mamoun district in Mosul said Friday.

 

This comes despite the fact that Mosul has been recaptured from ISIS terrorists two months ago after a 9-month military operation.

He noted that Mosul’s right bank is currently devoid of all life. 

These right bank’s districts were the life vein of Mosul, he further stated, adding that these districts were near popular markets and the airport.

But currently this part of Mosul has been forgotten unlike the left bank of the city, which has seen government departments reopen their doors to residents, as life is coming back to normal, he added. 

Another Mosul resident said that the government did not deliver on its promises, adding that the only apparent thing that has been witnessed is the movement of residents from the right bank to the left bank of the city.  

The reconstruction of Mosul’s right bank is very slow, he further stated.

Bodies of residents are still in the streets on the city, he added.  

The number of bodies that has been pulled from the rubble in Mosul’s Old City is estimated at 1,800.

 However, there are bodies still buried in the rubble in Mosul’s right bank. Some of district’s residents were forced to bury their loved ones where they had found them instead of waiting for the responsible authorities to do so. 

0n July 10, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the liberation of Mosul from ISIS terrorists and recently the Iraqi forces have retaked Tal Afar.

Currently, the forces are preparing for storming Hawija, Shirqat and cities in western Anbar.  

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16687/Lack-of-life-in-Mosul-s-right-bank-forces-residents-to-leave-districts

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Mass grave containing bodies of 50 civilians found in northwest of Mosul

September 08 2017 08:30 PM

Mass grave in Mosul

A mass grave containing bodies of 50 civilians has been found in Ayadia, northwest of Mosul a source within the Iraqi army said on Friday.

The forces of the 16th Division of the army have found 50 bodies of civilians dumped in a mass grave northwest of Mosul.

Major Shaker Ghalib said that the Iraqi forces found the bodies with traces of torture, noting those civilians were shot in head.

The commander added that legs or heads of some bodies have been amputated.
He explained that the Iraqi forces have started to transfer the bodies to the forensic medicine department. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16694/Mass-grave-containing-bodies-of-50-civilians-found-in-northwest-of-Mosul

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Iraqi forces raid left bank of Mosul in search for ISIS terrorists

September 08 2017 08:19 PM

ISIS hotbeds raided

 

 

The Iraqi forces are now deployed in the left bank of Mosul in search of remnants of ISIS terror group, Commander of the 16th Division of the Iraqi Army Major Gen. al-Darji said on Friday.

He added the forces started to raid suspected hotbeds of the terror group, noting that those helping ISIS terrorists hide will be called to account.

Military apparatuses and intelligence services have agreed that arresting the fugitive ISIS terrorists and bringing them to justice is an issue of utmost importance, Darji noted.

The military commander said that such raids will be intensified in the coming days to impose law and order in Mosul.

Mosul has been freed from the clutches of ISIS in July after months-long battles on both banks.

After Mosul, the terror group has been expelled from Tal Afar in the aftermath of a brief battle. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/16692/Iraqi-forces-raid-left-bank-of-Mosul-in-search-for-ISIS-terrorists