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

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4 minutes ago, boosterbglee said:

Thanks Tiger for your ongoing dedication to bring us the latest!

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Iraqi flag flies over Mosul government buildings after bloody day of fighting (Video in link) 

By Rudaw 1 hour ago 

MOSUL, Iraq – In one of the most grueling days of fighting ISIS in Mosul, Iraqi Security Forces retook a key site – a provincial governmental complex that ISIS was using as a headquarters.
 
A series of videos from Rudaw’s reporters on the ground show the fierce battles, house-to-house clashes, exchanges of fire between Iraqi and ISIS snipers, and blood shed in order to once again fly Iraq’s flag over Mosul’s provincial government buildings.

http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/070320173 

Edited March 7, 2017 by tigergorzow

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16 minutes ago, tigergorzow said:

CaptainBVI,  My pleasure and loving every minute of it in hopes that soon this will be all over.....Post RV is looking good IMHO....

Keeping the faith here as well and looking forward to a post RV meeting. I'm sure I will not be sober, but I will be happy, VERY HAPPY!

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Iraqi army says it has put ISIS drones out of service  (Video in link)

By Rudaw 10 hours ago

An ISIS drone brought down by Iraqi forces in Mosul. Photo: Rudaw video

MOSUL, Iraq–A commander of the Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service (ICTS) claims that they have been able to control the ISIS drone system in the western half of Mosul through the use of parasite machines.

 

ISIS militants have armed commercial drones with hand grenades and used them against advancing Iraqi troops since the second phase of the Mosul offensive that began in late December to retake the city from the radical group.

 

In early January Rudaw reported a case of ISIS drones harassing Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul, dropping hand grenades and other explosives as they made their way into the group’s territories which succeeded in slowing down their advance.

 

“That  issue has been resolved completely,” Lieutenant-General Abdul Ghani al-Assadi, an ICTS commander told Rudaw TV on Tuesday as he was asked about the challenge of facing the ISIS drones in the sky of Mosul.

 

“They [ISIS] used it on the first day against the Counter Terrorism Service which recorded 72 sorties from them. On the second day, we recorded 52 sorties. Then we used some machines, [interference] parasite machines, it became 8, and five days before now, and until today, not even a single flight.”

Earlier, Major General Najim al-Jabbouri told Rudaw that the US forces brought a special interference machine to the western Mosul to paralyze the ISIS drones.

"The Americans have brought in a very advanced machine to the right bank of Mosul," Jabouri said, "It is like a big vehicle. ISIS can no longer send even one drone into the sky."

Colonel John Dorrian, the spokesperson for the US-led anti-ISIS global coalition, described the anti-drone measures as "jammers."

He told Rudaw on Tuesday that ISIS is not able to stop the advance of the Iraqi forces, but the only capability ISIS has is the use of drones, a practice that is in decline, he said.

"...the Iraqi security forces are moving very rapidly right now. The enemy is not able to stop their advances,” Colonel Dorrian said. “The only thing the enemy has still been effective in doing is using drones, and even this capability has been declining.”

 

This comes as the ICTS commander said that Iraqi forces have achieved more than 60 percent of the military objectives in the western half of Mosul, as they breached "strong defense lines" of ISIS south of the city.

 

"The number of places liberated are not important, as is the importance of the places," Assadi said. “The places that have been liberated [in western Mosul] are strong defense lines of ISIS which fell two days ago." 

 

"Our forces were then able to push deep [into western Mosul]; meaning that if you give a percentage of importance, I can say more than 60 percent have been achieved in the liberation of the right bank of Mosul," Assadi said, in reference to the right bank of the Tigris river that bisects the city. 

 

The ICTS spearheaded the offensive on the eastern half of Mosul, which was retaken by Iraqi forces in late January after 100 days of fighting, and in which at least 500 soldiers lost their lives.

VIDEO: Moment when Iraqi forces came under attack by the armed drones of ISIS in the eastern half of Mosul in early January. 

http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/iraq/070320171

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Did someone say post RV party?????

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[nannab]

So do her friends. I am the designated driver for David411 and a few of the others.

so far we ordered a double decker. I think that we are going to need a fleet of them. 

[ChuckFinley]

48 minutes ago, SnowGlobe7 said:

Did someone say post RV party?????

I am soooo there!!!!

(cat likes inviting herself to parties!!!)

May I seat you and your furry friends?  

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On 11/1/2016 at 5:51 PM, Wiljor said:

The War for Mosul Could Mend Obama's Troubled Iraq Legacy

The only way it could mend it is if everyone forgets and stops giving a damn about all the Iraqi people that died because of him. And trust me no one will ever forget.

[tigergorzow]

Peshmerga, Iraqi Forces Cooperation Destroying IS: US Envoy

Basnews English

08/03/2017 - 02:17

Kurdistan

 

ERBIL — The cooperation between Kurdistan Region Peshmerga and the Iraqi forces is destroying the Islamic State (IS), said Brett McGurk, the US Special Presidential Envoy to the coalition battling IS.

McGurk made the remark after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s visit to Erbil and the liberate areas of Mosul.

On Tuesday, Abadi met Kurdistan Region President Masoud Barzani in Erbil to discuss the latest security and political developments, with the ongoing operations against IS in Mosul on the top of the agenda.

Both leaders expressed satisfaction over the level of coordination and cooperation between the Iraqi and Peshmerga forces who have both been actively engaged in the Mosul operation.

"They also expressed their condolences to the loved ones and families of those who paid the ultimate price within the Iraqi and Peshmerga forces,” Kurdistan Region Presidency reported.

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/kurdistan/335006

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IS Continues Using Chemical Weapons Against Civilians in Western Mosul

Mira Rojkan

08/03/2017 - 01:26

Iraq

 

LEEDS — Dozens of cases of children being injured by chemical weapons used by the so-called Islamic State (IS) have been registered, a local source in Mosul said on Tuesday. 

According to the source in the district of Rashidiya, the IS militants fired four missiles which were stuffed with the poisonous substance. They are believed to have been fired from the western part of the city, which is still held by the IS militants.

The source who spoke to Sputnik on condition of anonymity further explained that the chemical attacks were carried out using latest technology equipment and for the first time ever they were placed inside rocket. 

In previous attacks, the Iraqi forces had witnessed the use of toxic gas, but the substance used recently is believed to be stronger and more damaging. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) at least 12 people, including women and children, have recently been treated after facing injuries from the chemical weapons used in western Mosul. 

In the beginning of the month patients from Mosul were treated in hospitals in the Kurdistan Region's capital Erbil after being exposed to an unknown agent, leaving severe injuries including skin blisters, the WHO reported. 

The Iraqi forces continue advancing against the IS extremists in western Mosul, which has led to the use of toxic substances, as the extremist group is putting all efforts to keep the control of its last main stronghold on the territory of Iraq. 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/335004

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UN Sets up New Camp for IDPs form Western Mosul

Shoguna B. Sobir

08/03/2017 - 02:30

Iraq

 

ISTANBUL — A new camp to accommodate those fleeing western Mosul has been established by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the vicinity of the major city in northern Iraq.

Camp Chamakor was established this week, as other camps in the east are reaching their capacity limits, while those in the south are already full.

The new camp can accommodate 6,600 individuals. About 200 people have already arrived in Chamakor on Monday.  

Approximately 195,000 individuals have fled their homes in Mosul amid the ongoing battle between the Iraqi forces and the Islamic State (IS) to take shelter in 21 camps built by UN agencies and the Iraqi as well as the Kurdistan Region governments. Others are taking shelter in private settings or an en route to camps. 

Two more camps are being established in the vicinity of Mosul for approximately 39,000 individuals. 

According to UNHCR spokesperson Cecile Pouilly, the most of cited reason for fleeing the battle zone is hunger and insecurity.

Since the operation began, Mosul has been witnessing a combination of continuous price hikes for basic food staples and a food shortage. This has reached a point where those that can afford the exorbitant prices cannot find food to buy. Thus, a large number of those fleeing have been eating one meal of flour and water, or bread or tomato paste, a day.  As water pipelines were hit during the operation last year, which left 650,000 people in Mosul without water, getting clean water has been a problem, and thus those that reach the safety of a camp site are dehydrated. Numerous arrive without season-appropriate clothes, with no shoes, while having walked long distances to reach safe zones. 

Currently, more than 210,000 have been displaced by the operation in Mosul. Over 50,000 have been added since the operation progressed to the western half of the city on February 19th.

The operation to recapture Mosul from IS militants began on October 17th of last year. The eastern half of the city was announced liberated on January 24th. 

http://www.basnews.com/index.php/en/news/iraq/335007

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Central Mosul fully liberated as the Iraqi Army captures three new neighborhoods (Video in link)

By

Chris Tomson

 

08/03/2017

 

BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:15 A.M.) – On Tuesday, the Iraqi Joint Operations Room officially announced that the Iraqi Army had liberated an additional three neighborhoods in western Mosul, namely; Al-Danadan, Tal Al-Ruman and Dawasa districts.

Effectively, the Iraqi Army’s Rapid Response Units, Counter-Terrorism Units and Federal Police Force have expelled ISIS from central Mosul, leaving the terror group in control of merely the northwestern sector of the city.

Following up on these gains, the Iraqi Armed Forces stormed the neighboring Al-Mualameen and Al-Shuhada suburbs.

Fierce clashes continue at the Al-Mansour district which still holds a few ISIS sniper nests and jihadist sleeper cells, clawing onto roughly 10% of the neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the Iraq Army’s 9th Division and Popular Mobilization Units’ (PMU) Abbas Brigade also liberated the village of Al-Thalja, northwest of Mosul, thereby cementing their grip on ISIS’ recently severed supply line to Tal Afar.

Since beginning the Mosul offensive last October, the Iraqi Air Force has conducted 3,780 sorties against ISIS militants in the Nineveh governorate, averaging 26 airstrikes a day.

At the moment, Iraqi government forces have liberated roughly 85% of Mosul.

https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/central-mosul-fully-liberated-iraqi-army-captures-three-new-neighborhoods/

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Mosul Iraq - March 6th 

https://maps.southfront.org/military-situation-in-iraqi-city-of-mosul-on-march-6-2017/

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Abadi Office reveals the formation of committees in the liberated areas to start reconciliation programs

By sd sd -

March 8, 2017
 

 

A woman fleeing fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi army in Intisar district of eastern Mosul, is pictured beside an army vehicle as she is heads to safer territory, Iraq November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Zohra Bensemra

Treasures Media :: Baghdad

. It revealed the National Reconciliation Commission in the Prime Minister's Office for the formation of specialized committees in the liberated areas to start a rapprochement between all parties in those areas programs.

The director of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the reconciliation committee Office of the Prime Minister Akil Salman said ad hoc committees formed in the liberated provinces and belt Baghdad functions to communicate with the elites and community leaders and to provide their views and contribute to the return of displaced persons and restore the fabric of Iraqi society to normal and to promote tolerance and peaceful co-existence and the creation of a community-based approach provides tolerance and put pressure on political blocs to believe in these principles, and coordination with the local government to create a relationship between them and the central government and determine the political requirements of the IDPs and the distribution of roles, each according to its competence, and coordination between the mission security services to improve the relationship between citizens and ensure built well and the exchange of information and streamline procedures for returnees and displaced people to their home areas.

He acknowledged Salman that the main challenges facing re-displaced people to their places of residence are the interventions of political, social, regional and remarks, praising the World Bank's decision not to give money for the reconstruction of liberated areas unless it is the development of programs for reconciliation as it can not be for international organizations to rebuild the province without having to receive messages that there readiness of the displaced to return to it and provide a safe environment for them

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Urgent coming Aaninoy: control on the road to Mosul -alksk

History of edits:: 3.8.2017 15:04 • 97 visits readable

[Where-Baghdad] 
Operations Command announced the coming Aaninoy control on the road to Mosul -alksk.

A statement of the cell media Harbi received by all of Iraq [where] a copy of it today, "the commander of operations are coming Aaninoy Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Rasheed Aarallah that" cuts Armored Division ninth Band Abbas combat brigade Imam Ali combat seized on the road to Mosul - Kazak towards Tal Afar was isolated right on the coast of Tal Afar. " 

[yota691]

Interior Minister arrives Mosul to inspect the security forces

 

Wednesday 8 March 2017 15:04

 

 

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Nineveh  Reported early Wednesday a source, that the Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji, arrived in Mosul to inspect security cuts.   The source said in an interview for the Sumerian News, "The Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji, arrived today, to the city of Mosul to inspect the security of pieces."   The source, who asked not to be named, said: "The minister Araji also inspect areas that have been edited in the right coast of the conductor."       The Interior Minister Qassim al-Araji, on Wednesday (February 22, 2017), conducted a visit to western Mosul boycotted the operations of security forces stationed there and lose. The al-Araji, (February 2, 2017) he would make "every effort" to improve the security reality in the country.

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38 minutes ago, yota691 said:

Abadi Office reveals the formation of committees in the liberated areas to start reconciliation programs

By sd sd -

March 8, 2017
 

 

A woman fleeing fighting between the Islamic State and Iraqi army in Intisar district of eastern Mosul, is pictured beside an army vehicle as she is heads to safer territory, Iraq November 8, 2016. REUTERS / Zohra Bensemra

Treasures Media :: Baghdad

. It revealed the National Reconciliation Commission in the Prime Minister's Office for the formation of specialized committees in the liberated areas to start a rapprochement between all parties in those areas programs.

The director of the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the reconciliation committee Office of the Prime Minister Akil Salman said ad hoc committees formed in the liberated provinces and belt Baghdad functions to communicate with the elites and community leaders and to provide their views and contribute to the return of displaced persons and restore the fabric of Iraqi society to normal and to promote tolerance and peaceful co-existence and the creation of a community-based approach provides tolerance and put pressure on political blocs to believe in these principles, and coordination with the local government to create a relationship between them and the central government and determine the political requirements of the IDPs and the distribution of roles, each according to its competence, and coordination between the mission security services to improve the relationship between citizens and ensure built well and the exchange of information and streamline procedures for returnees and displaced people to their home areas.

He acknowledged Salman that the main challenges facing re-displaced people to their places of residence are the interventions of political, social, regional and remarks, praising the World Bank's decision not to give money for the reconstruction of liberated areas unless it is the development of programs for reconciliation as it can not be for international organizations to rebuild the province without having to receive messages that there readiness of the displaced to return to it and provide a safe environment for them

Thank You Yota . Oh my , oh my

 

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Up to 135 ISIS terrorists killed in al-Dawasa district in Mosul

March 08 2017 11:01 AM

ISIS

Up to 135 ISIS terrorists were killed in the ongoing fighting to retake al-Dawasa district and the surrounding areas in the right bank of Mosul city, Iraqi Federal Police announced on Wednesday .

In a statement, Iraqi Federal police said that  buildings of police directorate, courts, power stations, water and sanitary stations were recaptured in the military operations to retake al-Dawasa district, al-Okidat, and al-Nabi Sheet districts in the right bank of Mosul.

Joint troops of Iraqi Rapid Intervention Forces and Federal Police cordoned off the area around the governmental complex in central Mosul.

At least 135 ISIS terrorists were killed, 24 booby trapped vehicles were destroyed and 156 landmines and explosives were detonated, the statement added.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/7865/Up-to-135-ISIS-terrorists-killed-in-al-Dawasa-district-in-Mosul

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Iraqi security forces push deep 300 meters into Old City of Mosul

March 08 2017 12:07 PM

Let. Gen. Raed Shaker Gawdat

Iraqi troops of Federal police and Rapid Intervention Forces have pushed 300 meters deep into the Old City of Mosul city, said Iraqi federal police commander on Wednesday.

Commander of Iraqi Federal Police Let. Gen. Raed Shaker Gawdat  said that Iraqi security set up barriers and cement blocks in al-Dawasa, al-Dendan and al-Okidat districts in the right bank of Mosul in order to defend these areas against ISIS attacks.

Iraqi Federal Police launched inspection campaigns to hunt down ISIS terrorists and secure these areas , Gen. Gawdat added.

Notably the Old City of Mosul involves most of market areas and al-Nouri Mosque, known for its humped minaret called (al-Hadbaa), on which leader of ISIS terrorist group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi recited his first speech after the city was controlled by the terrorist group.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/7868/Iraqi-security-forces-push-deep-300-meters-into-Old-City-of-Mosul

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Seven students injured in ISIS drone attack on Mosul's left bank

March 08 2017 12:27 PM

Breaking

Seven students were injured in ISIS drone attack on al-Awda al-Thanya school in al-Methaq district in Mosul's left bank, a source exclusively told The Baghdad Post.

Over the past two years, academic study in Mosul has been halted after ISIS took control of the city. 

As many as 30,000 students have returned to their schools after the Iraqi army announced the success of operations to retake the left bank of Mosul last month.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/7870/Seven-students-injured-in-ISIS-drone-attack-on-Mosul-s-left-bank

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces set free 47 neighborhoods in Mosul's right bank

March 08 2017 11:47 AM

Security forces in Nineveh

Iraqi forces have fully controlled Nineveh government complex and the central bank building as clashes intensified in Bab al-Tob, Ashur Hotel and Bab al-Laksh in al-Sargakhana, Nineveh Street and Mosul museum.

Areas in al-Dawasa Street have witnessed massive devastation as the streets are now in rubbles.

The Iraqi forces have liberated 47 areas, neighborhoods and villages in 16 days among them are: Albu Sayf, al-Yarmouk villages, sugar refinery, Hawi al-Gawsaq, Mosul airport, al-Gawsaq, al-Tayaran, al-Ghezlani neighborhoods, Engineering University, Olympic pool, the fourth bridge, Turkish council building, Nineveh operations command headquarters, al-Ghezlani fire station, al-Ghezlani police station, Nineveh government complex, al-Dawasa neighborhood, Central Bank building, Mosul Museum, and al-Hurreya bridge.

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/7867/Iraqi-forces-set-free-47-neighborhoods-in-Mosul-s-right-bank

[tigergorzow]

Iraqi forces liberate Tel Khazaf village in western Mosul

March 08 2017 03:01 PM

Breaking

Iraqi security forces on Wednesday recaptured Tel Khazaf village in Teloul Atshana neighborhood in the right bank of Mosul city.

On February 19th, the Iraqi Army launched a massive operation to retake Mosul city which has been under the control of the terrorist group since June 2014.  

http://www.thebaghdadpost.com/en/story/7877/Iraqi-forces-liberate-Tel-Khazaf-village-in-western-Mosul