Nearly 3 years after Da'ish took the city... #Iraq's flag has been raised above #Mosul's government buildings

[tigergorzow]

UN envoy for Iraq: Days of ISIS are numbered

"Lets Hope He Means Within 30 Days"

February 03 2017 11:57 AM

ISIS terrorists

The military campaign to oust ISIS terrorists from Iraq is nearly won, the humanitarian crisis is expected to continue for months, if not years, the United Nations top official for the country said late Thursday .
 

Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Iraq, Ján Kubiš, told the UN Security Council during a briefing, that the Iraqi forces, with significant support from its international partners, especially the United States, will remain engaged in complex urban operations, in particular inside the old city in western Mosul .
 

 “In the post-ISIS period, Iraq will need continuous, substantial and sustainable support and assistance from the international community, including its regional partners,”, Kubiš said.
 

He warned that any abrupt scaling-down of engagement or support would mean repeating mistakes of the past – mistakes that have had grave consequences for stability and security, well beyond the borders of Iraq, even globally .
 

The battle for Mosul is the biggest ground operation in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion. A victory by the 100,000-strong US-backed pro-government forces would probably spell the end for ISIS self-styled caliphate that has ruled over millions of people in Iraq and Syria since 2014 .

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/5690/UN-envoy-for-Iraq-Days-of-ISIS-are-numbered

[Lorre]

On ‎2‎/‎2‎/‎2017 at 2:10 PM, tigergorzow said:

According to the news published on Thursday, the children received the punishment in front of their families, after they refused to participate in military training for countering the Iraqi forces.

Due to a sharp decline in its manpower, the IS is forcing  more and more children to the battlefields.

 

MAY GOD STRIKE THOSE *!*#%& DEAD HIMSELF, OR GIVE SUPERPOWERS TO THOSE WHO ARE THERE TO DO IT! Lord protect the innocent! Amen

[ChuckFinley]

19 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

NOW THIS is the kinda stuff I like to read in the evening whilst sippin' my Scotch . . . Scotch, does a body good. 

 Love a single malt.  

[tigergorzow]

Scores of people killed, injured in ISIS shelling on northern Mosul

February 03 2017 11:46 PM

Shelling by ISIS on Mosul

 

Scores of civilians and government security forces were killed on Friday in a random rocket shelling by Daesh terrorist group on several districts of Nineveh governorate, according to a police source.

The source said the shelling targeted the neighborhoods of al-Jamaa, al-Wehda, al-Mohandesyeen and al-Faisaliya.

The source added that seven civilians were killed and scores of others were injured in the shelling. Ambulances rushed the injured to nearby hospitals and clinics to receive treatment.

Meanwhile, three soldiers of the Iraqi army were killed in a missile shelling carried out by Iran Militias in Iraq and Syria (IMIS) terrorist elements on al-Zohour district in northern Mosul.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/5716/Scores-of-people-killed-injured-in-ISIS-shelling-on-northern-Mosul

[tigergorzow]

250,000 Iraqis could be displaced from western Mosul:UNHCR

February 03 2017 11:35 PM

Displaced people from Mosul

As many as 250,000 people could be driven from their homes in Mosul in the coming months, as fighting escalates in densely populated western areas of Iraq’s second largest city.

Over 160,000 people have been displaced from Mosul and surrounding areas since October 17, with some 83 percent finding safety in camps and emergency sites run by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners.

“We are currently able to provide some 11,000 families with shelter,” UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh told a press briefing on Friday. “The Agency continues to seek additional land for new camps, reception and transit areas, to assist people closer to Mosul.”

Despite insecurity and the danger of fresh fighting, nearly 30,000 people from Mosul and surrounding areas have returned to their homes since October 2016. Now, some of them are leaving again.
 

“Returnees are keen to resume their lives,” Saltmarsh added, saying that people had decided to return after learning that schools and government offices in their local areas had re-opened.

In recent days, UNHCR staff have reported that several families have come back to Hasansham and Khazer camps. Those families said they had decided to return because of lack of services and bad conditions.

In some places, security and the lack of food and water is so acute that some people rely on emergency relief items, including kerosene, which they receive while staying in the camps.

Elsewhere in Iraq, UNHCR reports increasing numbers fleeing Hawiga due to deteriorating living conditions. The area, 130 km south east of Mosul, is also expected to see increased military operations.

Up to 114,000 individuals could be displaced from Hawiga, according to inter-agency planning estimates. So far, 82,128 people have fled since August 2016.

“Those leaving Hawiga face grave dangers including ambushes,” Saltmarsh said emphasizing that people face particular risks when moving across the Hamreen Mountains. “Most travel at night to evade checkpoints and armed groups, which adds to dangers,” he added.

People staying in camps such as Al-Alam Camp continue to battle harsh winter conditions including high winds and low temperatures

“It’s very cold,” said Zahra, a mother of four living in Al Alam camp. “My children are all sick because of the cold weather.”

UNHCR has distributed emergency items, including quilts and blankets, to more than 178,000 people, and provided nearly 53,000 people affected by the Mosul conflict with protection assistance.

The Agency’s 2016 Mosul emergency response appeal for US$196 million was 57 percent funded. For 2017, UNHCR has appealed for US$578 million to provide protection to internally displaced Iraqis and Iraqi refugees in the region.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/5715/250-000-Iraqis-could-be-displaced-from-western-Mosul-UNHCR

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

All this is just beyond horrific. 

If Iraq and her people have learned ANYTHING from this, it is that they should NEVER again allow

for religious zealotry to divide them.

 

This includes NOT permitting the religious zealotry if the IRANIAN IMAMS to invade them as Iran has planned.

 

 

[tigergorzow]

US air strikes disrupt Raqqa water supply in Syria

February 03 2017 05:03 PM

Syria Democratic Forces in Raqqa

The Syrian city of Raqqa, a stronghold of the ISIS terrorist group, is reported to have had its water supply cut off, the BBC reported on Friday.
 

The main pipeline has been damaged after US air strikes, according to ISIS and anti-ISIS activists.

Syrian rebels backed by the US-led coalition are on the offensive, in a effort to capture Raqqa.

Citizen journalist group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently said the strikes had targeted local infrastructure.

They say the destruction of one of the city's bridges also took down the water pipe.

The US is working with the Kurdish-led rebel group Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to try to defeat ISIS.

In November, the coalition said it had begun an operation to capture Raqqa, which has been held by the terrorist group since January 2014.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/5707/US-air-strikes-disrupt-Raqqa-water-supply-in-Syria

Edited February 3, 2017 by tigergorzow

[yota691]

Federal: Forces the highest degree of alert in preparation to complete the liberation of Mosul

History of edits:: 02/03/2017 22:05 • 244 visits readable

{Baghdad: Euphrates News} filed the police command Alathaah, degrees of alert in preparation to complete the liberation of Mosul.

He said the police captain Raed Shakir Jawdat, the social networking Facebook {} " The site of the Federal police forces are now the highest degree of preparedness to fight the last phase of the liberation of Mosul." 
The head of the anti - terrorism team first student Hgati had previously announced that "security forces completed editing the left coast of the city of Mosul from gangs Daesh terrorist time, stressing that" to edit the right side of the city will be easier and faster, adding that "security forces are capable of achievement fastest time where they were able to impose the full on the left coast and dramatically dominance was unprecedented in the battles ".anthy

[10 YEARS LATER]

2 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

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[umbertino]

As Iraqi forces attempt to retake Mosul from Isis, Guardian reporter Ghaith Abdul-Ahad joins their elite Golden Division on the frontline to examine the fight and its toll 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/feb/01/battle-for-mosul-iraq-isis-dirty-war-video

[yota691]

Federal highest level of alert police to fight the final phase of the liberalization of Mosul (Details)

04-02-2017 12:23 PM

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He said federal police captain Raed Shakir Jawdat, on Saturday, the arrival of large reinforcements from the federal police arrived south of Mosul, as has been raising the alert level in preparation for the complete liberation of the city.

 
Jawdat said in a statement, that 'the federal police forces are now the highest degree of preparedness to fight the final phase of the liberalization of Mosul. "

 
The statement added, that the 'big reinforcements arrived from the Federal Police south of Mosul, and were stationed on the outskirts of Abu Saif hills in preparation for the next stage. "

[ChuckFinley]

12 hours ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Glenfiddich Scottish Highland Single Malt Whiskey . . . website for your drinking pleasure.   

 

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I enjoy Glenfiddich, my wife loves the tins. I just had some Oban, not bad either. We need to link up when this is over and have a few. Some great stories here.  

[SgtFuryUSCZ]

19 minutes ago, ChuckFinley said:

I enjoy Glenfiddich, my wife loves the tins. I just had some Oban, not bad either. We need to link up when this is over and have a few. Some great stories here.  

We keep spaghetti in 'em.... they're just tall enough !

Donuts stack in 'em good, too.... and the bugs here in FLorida and in Panama can't get in to get 'em, either !

[yota691]

achievement-after the departure of the militants .. Mosul residents poured their anger at Iraqi politicians

 10 minutes ago

 

 

Twilight News / while the sewage flowing from the crater caused by the organization of the Islamic State in Mosul airstrike was the Angry residents who have sold their clothes so as not to die of starvation message to Iraqi politicians who boast of the progress made by themilitary forces in the face of the militant group. 

Ihsan Abdullah , "said that if conditions do not improve we will not accept it and there will be a revolt against the government ... If things do not change will come back Islamic state. Mosul residents would support who can help them whatever." 

Said Abdullah , a former policeman , passing it does not work since swept through the city to organize the Islamic State in 2014 , which did not call him little choice but to sell his clothes to buy food. 

He added that when government troops arrived request regain his job but was told that it go to Baghdad to get a document proving he is not a member of the Islamic state. He says that this will take a very long time. 

Iraqi troops and militants were forced to pull out of eastern Mosul , as it prepares to expand its campaign to the western half of the largest city in northern Iraq. The reason for this rule relaxed after the violent Islamic state , which lasted for more than two years. 

But residents now pour out their anger on the Iraqi government and they hold no responsibility for the difficulties they face currently only such as lack of basic services, but also on the conditions that enabled the militant group to control Mosul in the first place. 

Many remember bitterly how easily seized by about 800 fighters from the Islamic state to Mosul within a few hours , while thousands of Iraqi soldiers fled. 

Akram said the promise of God , a cafe owner , "all this because the politicians. Sold Mosul and the problems they caused sectarian division of the country was in their favor.." 

And he supported a group of men around him and his point of view has stood next to the shops destroyed during the control of the Islamic State as a result of air strikes to force the militants to withdraw. 

It offers men and expressed frequent complaint , "no water running. How should we drink from dirty wells." 

 

Restore confidence 

Iraqi leaders say they are determined to eliminate the Islamic state and to achieve stability in the country and provide job opportunities for citizens. 

Mosul was a prosperous trade and higher education centers but have especially with regard to sectarian tensions sensitivity. 

The majority of the year in the city , but they are a minority in Iraq. Sunnis enjoy considerable influence in the era of Saddam Hussein. Descended lot of army officers a year from Mosul and many felt resentful of the city after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein in the invasion led by the United States in 2003 for the Shiite - dominated government in Baghdad. 

When swept fighters of the Islamic State , who are Sunnis in Mosul in 2014 they were welcomed by many of the children of their community who accused the security forces of the Shi'ite - dominated committing violations against them. 

But the rule of the organization of the Islamic state and brutal fanaticism alienated masses in the end of regulation , but the expulsion of the fighters is just the first step for the authorities are trying to restore confidence. 

It can be a battle of Mosul restore critical for Iraq. Iraqi officials say that if sectarian tensions continued , it would not be possible unification of the country and may be divided on a sectarian basis. 

At the moment of Mosul 's residents focus on their needs , such as finding jobs and to convince the authorities to provide basic services such as water and electricity. 

And felt the former Iraqi soldier Azhar Mohammed relieved after the output of the Islamic State of Mosul. But that when he was a militant group in control of it , has been moving from house to house and rarely spent more than a night in the same place so as not to be arrested. 

But problems still persist. He , too , could not convince the authorities to return him to do to start rebuilding in the city destroyed by the very large numbers of buildings and shops were closed and dominated by deeply suspicious of the government in Baghdad. 

Mohammed said , "All I want is to go back to my work."

 

    

[MyLadiesDaddy]

I said a few days ago that this was going to SUDDENLY go down and now I'm more convinced than ever. Mosul will be liberated in very short order. 

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8 minutes ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

I said a few days ago that this was going to SUDDENLY go down and now I'm more convinced than ever. Mosul will be liberated in very short order. 

Yup.

[ChuckFinley]

47 minutes ago, ladyGrace'sDaddy said:

I said a few days ago that this was going to SUDDENLY go down and now I'm more convinced than ever. Mosul will be liberated in very short order. 

Would be great. I like many here are ready for this to go down and move on to the next stage. 

[yota691]

Invite the families of the liberated areas to cooperate with security forces

 

 

5/2/2017 0:00   BAGHDAD / Taha Hussein ,     a move that indicates the restoration of thesecurity situation in the liberated areas of "Daesh" terrorist security forces returned more than 53 displaced families to hand Latifiya Baghdad.  He praised the commander of Baghdad operations, Lt. Gen. Abdul - Jalil al - Rubaie , in a speech during the celebration hosted by the leadership on this occasion, and I attended the "morning", the efforts of the security forces and the popular crowd who sacrificed Balgali and precious for the liberation of these areas of Conception criminal gangs and bring security and safety to them.  Rubaie urged tribal leaders and the citizens of those areas , the need for cooperation with the security forces and not let the factions terrorist to return or put a foothold in those areas and the development of lessons from past bitter experience witnessed by those areas at the hands of the Takfiri gangs that worked mainly on destroying the unity of the country social fabric and dragging it to the furnace of the civil war, calling on the people of those areas to take caution of their income to their areas or their homes and avoid the traps laid by them dupes "Daesh" gangs here and there in those areas before escaping them.  For his part, Major General Jabbar Naima division commander 17 revealed in a statement the "morning" on the sidelines of the ceremony, the efforts of the leadership of the band forces to ensure the return of displaced persons to their homes through the formation of joint committees involving officers from the leadership of the band and the Division of intelligence and a group of tribal leaders and elders those areas who did not prove their involvement or their loyalty to the terrorist gangs Daesh.  And between Naima, that mentioned committees worked on call and recognizes families wishing papers to return to their regions and to work on auditing and making sure not implicated any member of those families in the criminal operations , or supporting, harboring or providing any kind of financial support or moral to it, noting that the Commission will ask the families that prove the involvement of one of its members terrorist operations handed over to security authorities as a condition for its return to the region.  Meanwhile, the report Riaz, an intelligence division officer , 17 , told the "morning" the keenness of the leadership to ensure the health security of information provided to them through the adoption of several reliable sources have to make sure the absence of their names Kmtalobin the security services in addition to the elders and notables of the areas of personnel certification those families.  For his part, the price of the House of Representatives full Ghurairy, efforts by the Baghdad Operations Command , in response to a request signed by 42 deputies in calling for the Iraqi parliament to the return of displaced persons from the people of Latifiyah to their areas after it has been edited and secured by the security forces and the forces of the crowd popular.  He called on the people of those areas to the need for full cooperation with all the security services in all its different forms and tell them any information to contribute one way or another to the restoration of the security of those areas that tasted horrors at the hands of "Daesh" gangs of terrorist and non - recurrence of this cruel experiment and displacement again for their neighborhoods.

[yota691]

Araji: they are involved in the service and to achieve security of the citizen

 

 

5/2/2017 0:00   BAGHDAD / Sabah    vowed Interior Minister Qasim al - Araji of seeking to develop the services provided to citizens. According to a statement of the ministry, said that «al - Araji , visited the regions of Kadhimiya and Adhamiya, and stressed that the citizens are the bulk of our goal only our concern , and we are involved in order to serve them and to achieve security and stability» The statement added that « the minister stressed during his visit to the fight against criminality Office of Adhamiya , the need for professional follow in the work and adoption of the bases legal and constants with the importance of the foundations of respect for the citizens and preserve their rights », indicating« the importance of legal proceedings relating to the detainees whom he met and ordered to provide their needs and speed up the completion of their papers investigative according to the law »He pointed out that« the minister toured in the Adhamiya city markets, and met with citizens and inquired about their condition and whether they have any requirements concerning the work of the Interior Ministry. »

[yota691]

Maliki and Hayali Showcase victories security forces

 

 

5/2/2017 0:00   BAGHDAD / morning     new Vice President Nouri al - Maliki on Saturday, backing and support of the Ministry of Defense and the security establishment, while Defense Minister Irfan Mahmood Hayali willingness to make efforts to complete the building of the army and the rehabilitation process.  According to the Vice President Office, in a statement «morning» it received a copy of it, that «Maliki reviewed with the new defense secretary Irfan Mahmood Hayali, the conduct of military operations in the breakers of operations and the substantial progress made byour armed forces and popular crowd within coming, Nineveh process».  Maliki confirmed, according to the statement, « the importance of the role played by our armed forces in various different forms of combat and weapons chock in terms of fighting the forces of terrorism, as well as providing support and support for formations popular crowd», he reiterated «backing and support of the Ministry of Defense and the security establishment in general».  For his part, Defense Minister expressed «his readiness to exert all efforts in order to complete the building of the army and rehabilitation process in order to ensure better performance in the face of combat enemies».

[10 YEARS LATER]

10 hours ago, ChuckFinley said:

I enjoy Glenfiddich, my wife loves the tins. I just had some Oban, not bad either. We need to link up when this is over and have a few. Some great stories here.  

Epic Stories me thinks 

10 hours ago, SgtFuryUSCZ said:

We keep spaghetti in 'em.... they're just tall enough !

Donuts stack in 'em good, too.... and the bugs here in FLorida and in Panama can't get in to get 'em, either !

Glenfiddich . . . . one step ahead  

[DinarThug]

Reports of splits in the ranks of the "Daesh" and breaking the pledge of allegiance to Baghdadi for being intimidated and absent

 

Nineveh - Iraq Press - February 5: According to informed sources in Nineveh province, Sunday, splits in the ranks of the so-called organized Daesh and overturn many of the elements for the allegiance of al-Baghdadi, after news reports of his death in the city.
She said , " one leading extremist organization, called Abu Abdallah al - Shami, a Syrian national , was fighting in the northern city of Mosul with a group of Alangmasien undone for the allegiance of al - Baghdadi announced to the fact that the pledge of allegiance for the unknown is a void in addition to the lack of al - Baghdadi , the ability and authority, citing the novel that (but Imam Committee, fighting from behind, and obey him) , "meaning that a visible and present and lectured on the battlefield with them," he said . "" How do you pledge allegiance to al - Baghdadi imam us a helpless and can not protect the land that took it , and therefore there is no longer Khalifa us , "he described. Ended O.h

   

http://www.iraqpressagency.com.....38;lang=ar

 

 

 

defection led by a Syrian leader to sell Baghdadi in Mosul

Twilight News

 

3 hours ago

 

Twilight News / early on Sunday, a local source said that the lead in organizing Daesh lead to a split allegiance organization's leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the city of Mosul after receiving information about his death.

The source explained that "there is a split in the ranks of the terrorist organization and Nqdahm allegiance to al-Baghdadi, who Bayaoh successor as he described to be obedient in the hardship and ease trading after the news in the city that killed al-Baghdadi."

He added that "one of the leaders of Daesh Syrian terrorist named Abu Abdullah al-Shami, who is fighting in Mosul with a group of Alangmasien undone allegiance to al-Baghdadi said that the pledge of allegiance for the unknown considered invalid for lack of capacity and Sultan al-Baghdadi."

According to the source, "al-Shami and his martyred words of Ibn Taymiyyah (imams who are ordered to obey Amuallomin who have authority can afford it on people's policy, do not obey non-existent or unknown nor has no power, no ability on anything at all)."

He pointed out that "al-Shami wondered: How do we pledge allegiance to al-Baghdadi, an imam, a helpless and can not protect the land, which took it no longer Khalifa us."

 http://www.shafaaq.com/link

[yota691]

commander , a senior US Arrives in Baghdad

 

 Twilight News    

 

 3 hours ago

 

 

Twilight News / GOC Central Command forces Gen. Stephen Townsend arrived on Sunday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

He met with Iraqi Defense Minister Irfan Mahmood Hayali, today, General Townsend, according to a statement issued by the ministry responded to the Twilight News.

 The statement pointed out that during the debate shed editing stage right coast in the city of Mosul from Daesh.

According to the statement, the General Townsend "hailed the victories achieved by the Iraqi army Heroes", stressing that "support the coalition forces in Iraq in its war against terrorism training, arming and information as well as increased air strikes."

 

[pchester]

Get-er done General Townsend!

[tigergorzow]

IS Chief of Mosul Airport Guards Killed

He was targeted at Mosul airport

05 February 2017

 

 

 

MOSUL — An Islamic State (IS) prominent leader was struck by the global coalition's air force late Saturday in Mosul.

Esmat Rajab, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)'s official from Mosul said the IS leader targeted by coalition's air strike was the commander of Abu Bakir al-Baghdadi's guards.

The brigade of Baghdadi's guards are tasked with defending the Mosul airport hence the IS commander was killed during an air raid of the coalition jets against the airport on February 4.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/328287