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

[jg1]

27 minutes ago, Drunk_Viking64 said:

When do we get to strip the flesh from their living bodies and watch them see the pigs eating their flesh!! No death is to evil or demented for these cowards. We the honorable soldiers and sailors of the world must take an oath to hunt them through eternity if necessary until justice is served to them via a sharp small blade. For these cowards deserve lingchi more than anyone in history.

 

Isis = islam. Our government is letting them in by the thousands.

[Dinar4Dinner]

Exclusive drone footage captures west Mosul in the throes of war

by Kara Fox and Waffa Munayyer, CNN
Updated 5:12 AM ET, Mon May 1, 2017
 

[ The video can be seen at this link ]

 

Source: CNN

Exclusive drone footage of Mosul emerges 01:41

 

(CNN)Families carry white flags and sob as they escape from their homes.

 

A car bomb explodes. Then another. The rotting bodies of ISIS soldiers, abandoned by their units, contaminate the streets.

Children walking through the rubble of what was once their home don't flinch. To them, this is the new normal.

These are scenes from western Mosul as Iraqi forces wage a street-to-street battle to retake the city from ISIS, which the group has controlled for almost three years.

 

 

 

A man carries a sick relative on his back as they flee from their home in west Mosul's al Yarmouk neighborhood on April 11.

Equipped with a drone and a camera, Brazilian photojournalist Gabriel Chaim spent 20 days embedded with Iraq's Golden Division, capturing harrowing footage of the destruction and the chaos there.

Chaim followed special forces as they moved through the city's narrow, winding streets, searching for signs of ISIS. The unit is the first to clear homes where the militants live among a marooned civilian population.

In the raids, Chaim saw how ISIS fighters navigated through bombed out parts of homes to move around the city unseen, using a labyrinth of destroyed houses in a frightening game of cat and mouse with anti-terrorism units.

 

Soldiers from Iraqi special forces Golden Division conduct ground raids in west Mosul's al Tank neighborhood on April 17.

Chaim told CNN he had to conceal himself and his equipment to capture some of the scenes from the air, masking the drone's GPS coordinates and data to avoid being tracked.

"When you are flying in the Daesh (ISIS) area you never want to capture yourself -- if they get this drone they could get all your information and position," he told CNN.

"The drone provided me with a different perspective of the war," he said. "It is impossible to get that view of the severe destruction and civilians fleeing from a traditional camera."

Chaim, whose work has taken him to Syria and the Palestinian territories, said the sheer number of civilians caught in the crossfire in Mosul surprised him.

"In Aleppo I have seen civilians in a war zone, but not with heavy armored vehicular tanks and heavy clashes that were fought in the middle of them... it was mostly airstrikes," he said.

"The fact that a huge number of civilians continue to live in neighborhoods that are under heavy clashes is what makes Mosul different."

 

Residents in west Mosul's al Yarmouk neighborhood crowd around a food distribution truck on April 11.

Chaim said he also saw ISIS propaganda graffiti, in Russian, tagged onto the walls of homes in western Mosul's al Yarmouk neighborhood. Civilians told Chaim that a growing number of Russian-speaking foreign fighters, including Chechens, are bolstering the terror group's ranks in Mosul.

Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, fell to ISIS in June 2014. A US-backed coalition-led offensive to regain control of the city began in October 2016. East Mosul was liberated in January and the second phase -- clearing ISIS militants from the west -- was launched in February.

Interactive: Hell and Humanity in the Shadow of ISIS

In western Mosul, 382,000 civilians have fled since February 19 alone. Many of the displaced are housed in emergency refugee camps set up by the Iraqi government and international relief groups. According to recent UN estimates, as many as 800,000 civilians are still living in western Mosul -- with half of them are trapped in the Old City. Leaving the city is not an easy task.

 

Iraqi special forces assist civilians out of their homes as heavy clashes between Iraq special forces and ISIS raged on in west Mosul's al Yarmouk neighborhood on April 9.

Chaim recalls hundreds of civilians running through the frontlines to escape from ISIS, a scene he said he would never forget.

As they ran for their lives, civilians told him that ISIS screamed insults at the crowd, including the word "kafir," the Arabic word for "non-believer," and fired shots into the moving mass.

"They must take care of how they cross (the frontline), and make sure Daesh won't see them running," Chaim said. "But they also must take care of making sure Iraqi soldiers don't think they are Daesh," he said.

"It's like running from hell."

 

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/middleeast/mosul-drone-footage?ref=yfp

 

Peace Out,

Dinars4Dinner

 

 

 

[FL-LAT]

This is certainly heart breaking to see so much pain in the faces of the Iraqi people.  Lord Jesus help the coalition to wipe these thugs off the face of the earth!  Peace cannot come soon enough for these tortured people.  

[yota691]

The secret of the huge network of tunnels dug by Daesh in Iraq

 

 

 

Special files  Number of readings: 134 01/05/2017 10:39

 

Military experts confirmed that the massive and long networks of tunnels dug by elements Daesh in Iraq and the method of construction, indicate the ability of the organization to stretch underground widely, along with "level of complexity" in the use of weapons obtained illegally. 

According to a report of the site, "Fox News" America, on Thursday (April 27th 2017), the expert Canadian arms "devine Moro", which is responsible for studying and analyzing the weapons used by Daesh, he indicated that the organization uses tunneling machines to dig dense networks of them between houses and down the roads to confuse the international coalition, which is leading a war against the forces.

The report said the tunnel boring machine discovered Hamdania (near Mosul) at the end of last year, thanks in discovery to the ninth Iraqi Army Division, was quoted Devine as saying: "They have built the machine for themselves," adding that "a lot of weapons Daesh traded in ways illegal small arms, but reveals some others-such tunnels which were made Daesh Bnevsha- level of complexity drilling machine had not seen before the group Kdaash. "

Once the acquisition of weapons possessed Daesh, devine Canadian start-year-old 30-year-old, and her team to conduct investigations, Viltqton pictures of weapons and viewing marks the serial number engraved on each of them. He commented Devine on what she saw, saying, "This is a level that link Daesh being able to weapons and ammunition industry own is unprecedented."

The hundreds of weapons confiscated various types of gun Kalashnikov (AK-47), which is described devine versatile and easy-to-trafficking being, and explained the reason for the heavy reliance on this weapon, noting that the "Venice of this model hold up for long periods, and are used widely in the Middle East region. the mainly produced by the countries of the former Soviet Union and Russia. "

Arsenal Daesh also has several weapons of modern production equipment, including those that manufacture the organization itself, and discovered, including mortars and improvised explosive devices made Daash.omn highlight discovered Devine and her team, the "suicide vehicle", which is dubbed the "SVBIED" (Refill suicide bomb loaded in a car), according to the report, "Fox News".

Devine explained that "Daesh" fighters are taking civilian cars and four-wheel drive and they carry explosives and heavy metal panels Acefhunha help them get closer to the front lines. "They are taking cars and trucks from ordinary civilians of Mosul and conducting them extensive modifications to convert them into suicide vehicles."

The continuing military operations that the joint Iraqi forces led by the army and the Peshmerga and the mobilization of popular guards Nineveh against al Daesh in the province of Nineveh regions, where managed to now restore dozens of villages and towns, in addition to the entire left side of Mosul city (center of the province and stronghold of the organization in the country) , and several neighborhoods from the right side.

[gregp]

This is crazy!

[DWS112]

Nineveh operations commander announced to launch widespread attacks to restore the last remaining neighborhoods of Mosul  May 2, 2017

 

Commander of Nineveh Najim al-Jubouri operations announced that the next few hours will launch large-scale attacks from all axes to break into the last remaining residential neighborhoods to finish off the rest of the organization Daesh terrorist to complete and finish editing the coast right file, pointing out that the security forces, measures and plans have been taken to secure the lives of citizens located in houses and narrow alleys in the old city, indicating that the rapid reaction forces will launch operations to revive Mushayrifah and Rifai and July and carpenter, pointing out that the liberalization of those areas would end control Daesh city.

[The Englishman]

Tue May 02, 2017 5:31

 

ISIL on Verge of Collapse in Northeastern Syria under Heavy Attacks of Kurdish Forces

 

 

 

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) continued to hit ISIL's positions in al-Tabaqa city in Western Raqqa and drove the terrorists out of more positions near the group's de facto capital in Syria.

The SDF engaged in heavy fighting with ISIL and managed to take control over a large part of al-Tabaqa city in recent days, forcing the ISIL militants to withdraw from several neighborhoods of the key city.

The Kurdish forces seized control over most of al-Tabaqa’s Northern Industrial Zone, putting them in a position to reach the city center within the next few days.

Abdul Qader Hafideli, one of the field commanders of SDF, said that only 10 percent of al-Tabaqa city is under ISIL's control now, adding that the Kurdish forces will soon take control over the entire city.

Kurdish forces' Spokesman Talal Salou, meantime, said that the SDF fighters have managed to drive ISIL out of another neighborhood in al-Tabaqa called Old City. 

According to al-massdar news, if the Industrial Zone of al-Tabaqa falls to the SDF, the ISIL militants inside the city will likely withdraw in order to preserve the lives of the remaining fighters. However, the fall of al-Tabaqa would be devastating for the ISIL, as the city is one of the terrorist group’s last strongholds along the Raqqa-Aleppo Highway.

Once al-Tabaqa falls into SDF hands, the Kurdish fighters will seek to explore pincers en route to Raqqa, the self-proclaimed ISIL capital.

Kurds had established control over all strategic highways leading to ISIL's de facto capital of Raqqa in April.

"We have cut all the strategic ways of supplying ISIL. We have cut the connection with Iraq, freeing the way to Deir Ezzur and have gained control over the Eastern part of the province of Raqqa. With the attack on al-Tabaqa, all the supply routes have been finally cut, we also established control of the roads of Raqqa-Tabaqa and Raqqa-Damascus," Kurdish news agency Firat quoted SDF Spokeswoman Cihan Şêx Ehmed as saying.

She added that the SDF continue their offensive in the Northern part of the Raqqa province.

"Now ISIL cannot replenish its forces and ammunition. They are besieged in Raqqa from four sides," she stressed.

According to SDF data, ISIL militants are retreating to the city of Raqqa and are preparing to conduct battles in the city, while The Kurdish-led forces, in turn, continue to attack the city.

Syrian Democratic Forces started a military Operation 'Euphrates Rage' to take control over Raqqa from ISIL in November 2016.

Relevant reports said on Monday that The SDF forces heavily clashed with ISIL militants in al-Tabaqa city in Western Raqqa, gaining control over the three districts of Bu Issa, Hassou and al-Salam.

They also killed 48 ISIL members and held 5 others captive.

The SDF also seized a large number of weapons, ammunitions and equipment, including 3 tanks, 2 BMP vehicles and several Grad missiles.

[King Bean]

Justice, with AUTHORITY. I love it. Thanks Englishman. And an operation name, "Euphrates Rage", that is worthy of what the ISIS dogs deserve. Wipe them out, to the last one. Buh-bye !!

[tigergorzow]

3 hours ago, DWS112 said:

Nineveh operations commander announced to launch widespread attacks to restore the last remaining neighborhoods of Mosul  May 2, 2017

 

Commander of Nineveh Najim al-Jubouri operations announced that the next few hours will launch large-scale attacks from all axes to break into the last remaining residential neighborhoods to finish off the rest of the organization Daesh terrorist to complete and finish editing the coast right file, pointing out that the security forces, measures and plans have been taken to secure the lives of citizens located in houses and narrow alleys in the old city, indicating that the rapid reaction forces will launch operations to revive Mushayrifah and Rifai and July and carpenter, pointing out that the liberalization of those areas would end control Daesh city.

DWS112 Thanks,  DV,  This is about to end very quickly no more time for these "Cockroaches".   Again,  Kill them all or hang them for crimes against the Iraqi people.

 

GO Liberation Of Mosul!!

 

GO HCL

 

GO RV / RI

[King Bean]

It's on the door step, folks. Total security of central mosque, Abadi will fly in and announce liberation at that spot, fire a ceremonial last shot. Then forces proceed to squeeze ISIS out of the rest of the country. In the mean time let CBI change rates and the rebuilding commences. Poor people have suffered enough.

[235snack]

Don't bet your Dinar on it yet, it is not over until it is over......we have been here before and something else came up.

[nannab]

4 hours ago, King Bean said:

It's on the door step, folks. Total security of central mosque, Abadi will fly in and announce liberation at that spot, fire a ceremonial last shot. Then forces proceed to squeeze ISIS out of the rest of the country. In the mean time let CBI change rates and the rebuilding commences. Poor people have suffered enough.

 

Yup for Abadi to  fire that last ceremonial shot while our sniper fires his from the roof top at

Malarki's head.!

 

ONE SHOT HEARD ALL DONE 

 

[ChuckFinley]

Like. The way you thinking nannab.  

[King Bean]

Here's the latest map on progress in Mosul against ISIS. I put several here, in order to see the progress. Slow and steady.

 

                                                           April 25th

 

                                                              April 29th

 

                                                               May 2nd

[tigergorzow]

Security forces launch offensive to oust ISIS from Salahuddin, Anbar

May 02 2017 11:29 AM

Iraqi security forces

 

 

Iraqi joint forces supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias have launched a military operation at al-Maleha al-Sahraweyya area located at the borders of Salahuddin and Anbar governorates to oust ISIS terrorists, a security source said on Tuesday.
 

In a press statement, the source asserted that Iraqi Army's 7^th division, Tribal fighter and IMIS militants supported by Iraqi airforces have launched an offensive to oust ISIS terrorists from the al-Maleha al-Sahraweyya area.
 

In joint forces and IMIS militias' operations many violations against civilians occur, from random mass apprehensions and killings.
 

On Sunday IMIS militias kidnapped more than 350 young men from al-Hadar town in southwestern Mosul and Hamam al-Alil camp to unknown location, a well informed source said.
 

These shameful actions come in an endless series of violations and crimes done by IMIS against civilians and displaced citizens.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10036/Security-forces-launch-offensive-to-oust-ISIS-from-Salahuddin-Anbar

[tigergorzow]

Drones killed 859 ISIS terrorists since Mosul operation began

May 02 2017 02:30 PM

Federal Police commander

 

Commander of Federal Police Forces Gen. Raid Shaker Jawdat said on Tuesday drones have killed 859 ISIS terrorists since the beginning of Mosul battle.

In a press conference wherein he detailed the achievements of the Iraqi forces in the right bank of Mosul, he said the forces destroyed 284 booby-trapped vehicles and 253 motorcycles.

The forces managed to liberate 274 KMs, he further noted, adding the forces seized control of 62 areas from the clutches of ISIS in different neighborhoods.

Moreover, the Iraqi forces evacuated 256,000 civilians from the conflict zones. 

The Iraqi forces have been battling ISIS terrorists in the right bank of Mosul since February 19th with the aid of the US-led coalition.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10049/Drones-killed-859-ISIS-terrorists-since-Mosul-operation-began

[tigergorzow]

IMIS militants dislodge 3,500 civilians from southern Mosul

May 02 2017 02:42 PM

Breaking

 

 

IMIS militants are continuing their crimes against Iraqi civilians as they have dislodged 3,500 civilians by force from their homes in al-Hadar area in southwestern Mosul.
 

Earlier on Sunday, IMIS militants kidnapped more than 100 young men from al-Hadar town in southwestern Mosul, al-Hadar town chief Ali Saleh al-Ahmadi said.
 

These shameful acts come in an endless series of violations and crimes committed by IMIS against civilians and displaced citizens.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10051/IMIS-militants-dislodge-3-500-civilians-from-southern-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

Military reinforcements sent to al-Ratba after ISIS attacks

May 02 2017 03:49 PM

Troops sent to Ratba

 

Emad al-Delimi, senior military official in Anbar, said on Tuesday that reinforcements, sent by command of eastern Anbar operation, to al-Ratba neighborhood to forestall any terror attacks that could be waged by ISIS terrorists.

The terror group waged terror attacks on the checkpoints established on the international highway west of Anbar.

Commander of eastern Anbar operation Gen. Saad Harbia ordered sending these troops from Fallujah to al-Ratba neighborhood to prevent further terror attacks by ISIS, he added.

Over the past few months, ISIS terrorists have launched a number of attacks on Iraqi security forces stationed in al-Ratba neighborhood. 

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10059/Military-reinforcements-sent-to-al-Ratba-after-ISIS-attacks

[tigergorzow]

Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in battle for Mosul

May 02 2017 09:40 PM

Exclusive: Map reveals latest developments in battle for Mosul

 

 

A map showing the latest development in the battle aiming to regain the right bank of Mosul city from ISIS was obtained by the Baghdad Post on Tuesday.

 

The areas in green illustrate the completely regained ones, areas in orange show the areas currently witnessing clashes while the areas in white are still controlled by ISIS terrorist group.

Earlier, Commander of Federal Police Forces Gen. Raid Shaker Jawdat said drones have killed 859 ISIS terrorists since the beginning of Mosul battle.
 

 

Also, Iraqi joint forces supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias have launched a military operation at al-Maleha al-Sahraweyya area located at the borders of Salahuddin and Anbar governorates to oust ISIS terrorists.

 

 

Iraqi Forces launched a major offensive on 19th of February to retake the western part of Mosul after declaring total control of the eastern part of the city on 24th of January as part of the military operations to liberate the city that started on 17th of October 2016.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10068/Exclusive-Map-reveals-latest-developments-in-battle-for-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

ISIS may come back with vengeance to Anbar: Officials

May 02 2017 12:49 PM

ISIS may come back to Anbar

Mostapha Hassan

 

Local officials in Anbar warned on Tuesday that the terror group will come back to the governorate 'with vengeance'.

The terror group may attack al-Ratba and the areas adjacent to borders with Karbalaa, they added.

These warnings come following the deaths and kidnappings committed against Iraqi army officers of the 1st Division last week.

They were ambushed by ISIS terrorists on the road linking between Ratba and Ramadi.

This attack disclosed that there is a security loophole caused by the lack of air cover-up for an area extending for 400 KMs.

For this, head of the security committee of Anbar provincial council Ragea al-Essawi said that 'ISIS terrorists may come back with vengeance to the liberated cities'.

If the status quo continues, the ISIS terrorists will attack not only Ratba, but also Ameryat al-Fallujah, Rahalia, and al-Rawda near Karbalaa.

Also, Adel Al-Mahallawi, an Anbar lawmaker, said that the local officials in the province warned the government against concentrating their efforts in Mosul and leaving Anbar.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10041/ISIS-may-come-back-with-vengeance-to-Anbar-Officials

[tigergorzow]

Nineveh operations forced 600,000 civilians from home

May 02 2017 12:40 PM

Minister of Migration and Displaced Jasim al-Jaf

 

 

Numbers of the displaced persons since the beginning of Nineveh operations have reached 600,000 civilians where only 133,000 have returned to their home in the liberated areas, Ministry of Migration and Displaced said on Tuesday.
 

In a statement, Minister of Migration and Displacement said that the displaced in the camps have reached 467,000.
 

The minister noted that the number of the displaced persons from the left bank of Mosul fell  to 42,000 civilians.
 

The Ministry continues to coordinate its efforts with the security forces, Iraqi authorities to evacuate and move families from the conflict zones to the displacement camps and also work to secure the return of the displaced families to their liberated neighborhoods.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10040/Nineveh-operations-forced-600-000-civilians-from-home

[tigergorzow]

Top IMIS leader reveals al-Baghdadi's location

May 02 2017 10:16 AM

ISIS' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

 

 

An IMIS top leader Hassan al-Sari revealed on Tuesday that he has information indicates that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is currently at Tal Afar in northern Iraq.
 

In a press statement, al-Sari asserted that al-Baghdadi doesn't stay in one location for too long and that he is constantly changing his hideouts.
 

Al-Baghdadi stays mostly at the eastern areas of Syria, al-Sari added, noting that ISIS leader moved from Mosul along with his top leaders to Syria the last month.

 

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/10034/Top-IMIS-leader-reveals-al-Baghdadi-s-location

[tigergorzow]

Baghdadi's Muezzin Killed by Resistance Fighters in Mosul

Basnews English

02/05/2017 - 21:15

Iraq

 

 

ERBIL— A close aide to the Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by a group of fighters from the so called IS-Resistance Front in central Mosul on Thursday.

Shafaq News quoted an informed source as saying Ammar Abdulsalam Hazm was gunned down in July 17^th neighborhood.

In June 2014, Hazm called for Friday prayer at Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nouri  after Baghdadi proclaimed the creation of his IS-caliphate in the mosque.  

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/347407

[tigergorzow]

KRG Submits Evidence on IS' Use of Chemical Weapon to Coalition

 

Basnews English

02/05/2017 - 19:51

Kurdistan

 

 

 

 

ERBIL — Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has gathered evidence proving the use of chemical weapons by the Islamic State (IS) against the Kurdish forces, and submitted them to the international coalition fighting the extremist group, an official said.

“There is still a possibility that the Daesh militants once again use chemical weapons as their activities in the areas under their control have not been watched by the international actors and the UN,” said Dindar Zebari, head of KRG’s Committee for Monitoring and Responding to International Reports.

The extremist group, since it overrun Mosul in Iraq back in 2014, has several times used chemical weapons against Peshmerga and Iraqi forces as well as civilians. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders previously warned about the group's technical capacity to develop rockets carrying poisonous agents.

Earlier in April, Russia called on the United States to share information on alleged chemical weapons used by Islamic State (IS) in Kurdistan Region.

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/347390

[tigergorzow]

IS Gunned Down 25 Fleeing Civilians in Mosul

 

100 more were wounded in the attack

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Basnews English

02/05/2017 - 18:03

Iraq

 

 

 

 

ERBIL— While they were trying to escape from Mosul to a shelter in Syria, some 25 civilians from central Mosul were killed by the Islamic jihadists, Iraqi media reported on Thursday.

The reports, citing Abdurrahim al-Shamari, a member of Human Rights Commission at the Iraqi parliament, as saying the victims hoped to take refuge in Hul Camp in northern Syria.

According to the official, the Islamic State (IS) militants opened fire on the fleeing people and 25 members of the group, mainly women and children, died on the spot.

One hundred more members of the group were injured  and hundreds more were abducted by the extremists.

The MP demanded the Iraqi government to protect the lives of Mosul civilians and facilitate their escape to Syrian borders.  

 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/347365