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

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Thank You, TigerGorZow, and Top Of The Morning To You With Your Good, Hot, Fresh, and Plentiful COFFAE'!!! Really appreciate all the great articles you bring over!

 

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Not sure if Tal 'Afar is a key area to retake before the ISIS is declared as a no major issue. If nothing else, once Old Mosul (along with the Mosque) is taken, Tal 'Afar may not take too long to retake and may be worth the wait.

Syn,  Wiljor,  DV, A good morning to you both and yes we are coming to the end as the final plan unfolds.   The Iraqi citizens have suffered long enough and it is time for PM Abadi to finish this ISIS cowards for good.

 

GO Liberation of Mosul

 

GO RV / RI

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Good morning Yota, tiger and DV.... Finally!!!!!!!  'Thanks so much guys/gals for keeping this thread going, it's been a long haul but looks like it's on to bigger and better things.   

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Thank You, TigerGorZow, and Top Of The Morning To You With Your Good, Hot, Fresh, and Plentiful COFFAE'!!! Really appreciate all the great articles you bring over!

 

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Not sure if Tal 'Afar is a key area to retake before the ISIS is declared as a no major issue. If nothing else, once Old Mosul (along with the Mosque) is taken, Tal 'Afar may not take too long to retake and may be worth the wait.

 

 

A Super Day To You, too, Wiljor! :tiphat:

 

Yep! Map fixes are good! I know I need mine. Probably shift to more Caribbean or South Pacific or (well, you know, we'll find other blanks to fill) map fixes, er, soon! Yep! I think I'll like those map fixes much better!

 

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Good morning Synopsis, very soon I hope we are neighbors and you have the Caribbean Sea as your view brother, that coupled with some great homegrown coffee from the mountains of Veracruz, hot, fresh,  and brewed just the way you prefer. 

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Good morning Synopsis, very soon I hope we are neighbors and you have the Caribbean Sea as your view brother, that coupled with some great homegrown coffee from the mountains of Veracruz, hot, fresh,  and brewed just the way you prefer. 

 

Hey, I'll take that plan, Brother! Thank You, Sir! :tiphat:

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Syn,  Wiljor,  DV, A good morning to you both and yes we are coming to the end as the final plan unfolds.   The Iraqi citizens have suffered long enough and it is time for PM Abadi to finish this ISIS cowards for good.

 

GO Liberation of Mosul

 

GO RV / RI

 

I agree, TigerGorZow. Hard to imagine depraved miscreants can be so inhumane!

 

Yep!

 

Go Liberation of Mosul

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The Battle for Mosul, as seen by Tommy Trenchard

Written by Susanna D'Aliesio
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Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIS militants since 2014 walk past a barber shop as a man gets a shave, inside an IDP camp in Erbil, Iraq. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

 

Tommy Trenchard has spent months documenting the fall out in Mosul, as Iraqi forces retake the city and its residents flee for their lives

After eight months of fighting, Iraqi forces are close to retaking the city of Mosul. Photographer Tommy Trenchard has spent much of the past few months documenting the conflict in his project The Battle for Mosul. His photographs cover the bitter street-fighting in the western half of Mosul, as well as the war’s effect on the city’s residents – over half a million of whom have been displaced since the rise of ISIS in 2014.

The first image in the series shows a girl running through the battle-scarred neighbourhood of Wadi Hajar, in western Mosul. “This photo was taken shortly after the neighbourhood was liberated from ISIS,” says the photographer, who is represented by Panos Pictures and works for a variety of NGOs, international newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, Newsweek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Oxfam and MSF. “The area was in a state of flux, with residents returning to their homes even while fighting continued just a few hundred metres away.”

“Mosul was my first experience of covering combat at such close quarters, and some of the scenes were hard to witness,” he adds. “The bodies, which were often in a terrible state, were especially hard. Some of the ISIS fighters were really young, in their mid-teens, and it was difficult not wonder who they were and how they had become caught up in this war.”

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A girl runs through the Wadi Hajar neighbourhood of Western Mosul, which was recaptured from ISIS in March. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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A girl displaced by fighting between ISIS militants and government forces in Mosul looks out of the bus window as she waits to be transferred to an IDP [Internally Displaced Person] camp. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

One of the photos in the series shows the body of a young ISIS militant killed by an airstrike earlier in the day. “Scenes like that always made me wonder,” he said. “How many of them were true extremists, and how many were just ordinary people, who felt alienated by their government and who joined ISIS in the early days of their rule before the extent of their brutality became apparent”. 

The photographer added that many of those living in Mosul initially saw ISIS as a legitimate force standing up to a distant, Shia-dominated government, that had neglected and persecuted residents of the Sunni-majority city ever since the American invasion in 2003. “It’s important to remember that they made a decision that seemed rational to them at that time,” he says.

“There is such hatred between the two sides [now], and a lack of empathy that I think will be a challenge in the post-ISIS era, when the country will have to look towards healing and reconciliation.”

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Iraqi Red Cross staff attempt to hand out food to desperate civilians fleeing fighting between government forces and ISIS militants in Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Civilians from the Hai Teran neighbourhood of Mosul salvage belongings from the wreckage of their home, which was hit by an airstrike three days earlier during fighting between ISIS militants and government forces. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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A mother reaches for her child at a reception area in Hamam al Alil as truckloads of IDPs flee fighting in Mosul. When IDPs flee the city, the men and women are separated so that the men can be screened for any links to ISIS. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Iraqi children, displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and ISIS militants in Mosul, cool off in a pool in between two IDP camps in Hamam al Alil, Iraq. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Members of an Iraqi family hide in a basement as a fierce gun battle rages above them in the al Thawra neighbourhood of western Mosul, where pro-government troops are engaged in house to house fighting with ISIS militants © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Families hide in a basement as fighting between ISIS militants and pro-government forces rages above them on the front line in the al Thawra neighbourhood of Western Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Empty streets in a deserted area of eastern Mosul near the Tigris river and the front line with ISIS. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Snipers with the Iraqi army’s Emergency Response Unit exchange fire across the Tigris river with ISIS militants. who still control the majority of West Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Iraqi soldiers are hit by an unidentified gas on the front line in the al Thawra neighbourhood of western Mosul during heavy fighting with ISIS militants. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Police ban face veil to guard Iraq’s post-IS Mosul

Iraqi women walk freely around a street market in Mosul, their hair wrapped in brightly coloured scarves and face uncovered after police banned the conservative black veil mandatory under jihadist rule.

Iraqi forces, who have retaken eastern Mosul from the Islamic State group after three years of jihadist rule, have banned the face veil as part of a package of measures to curb jihadist attacks in the area.

They decided on the ban after having detained several IS fighters who had dressed up as women, concealing their faces behind the black material.

Iraqi forces seized the eastern half of Mosul in January, and are now battling to retake the last western neighbourhoods from the jihadist group.

Traditionally in Mosul, women wear what they like at home but don a long robe and cover their hair in the street.

 

https://www.newswyre.com/topic/police-ban-face-veil-to-guard-iraqs-post-is-mosul/

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http://m.thebaghdadpost.com/en/Story/12092.......VIDEO: ISIS RELEASES ITS DEFEAT SPEECH.....

The recent propaganda video released by ISIS spokesman, Abul-Hasan Al-Muhajir is considered as defeat speech for the terrorist group, Analysts told the Baghdad post on Thursday.

ISIS has been dealt a significant blow with deaths of its key leaders and setbacks on the battlefields, a security expert added.



ISIS statement described the US-led military operation as a difficult ordeal which caused panic in its ranks. 

Muhajir urged the terrorists to be steadfast and called on the local population to join the group after hundreds of ISIS elements had been killed over the past months.

The speech desperately asked ISIS followers all over the world to carry out attacks in Saudi Arabia, Asia, US , Russia and Europe.
 

This comes as the offensive launched on 19th of February by US-backed Iraqi forces, supported by Iranian-backed sectarian IMIS Shiite militias, to oust ISIS terrorists from Mosul, their last major stronghold in Iraq enters its last stages.

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The Battle for Mosul, as seen by Tommy Trenchard

Written by Susanna D'Aliesio
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Iraqi Christians displaced by ISIS militants since 2014 walk past a barber shop as a man gets a shave, inside an IDP camp in Erbil, Iraq. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

 

Tommy Trenchard has spent months documenting the fall out in Mosul, as Iraqi forces retake the city and its residents flee for their lives

After eight months of fighting, Iraqi forces are close to retaking the city of Mosul. Photographer Tommy Trenchard has spent much of the past few months documenting the conflict in his project The Battle for Mosul. His photographs cover the bitter street-fighting in the western half of Mosul, as well as the war’s effect on the city’s residents – over half a million of whom have been displaced since the rise of ISIS in 2014.

The first image in the series shows a girl running through the battle-scarred neighbourhood of Wadi Hajar, in western Mosul. “This photo was taken shortly after the neighbourhood was liberated from ISIS,” says the photographer, who is represented by Panos Pictures and works for a variety of NGOs, international newspapers and magazines, including The Sunday Times, Newsweek, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, Oxfam and MSF. “The area was in a state of flux, with residents returning to their homes even while fighting continued just a few hundred metres away.”

“Mosul was my first experience of covering combat at such close quarters, and some of the scenes were hard to witness,” he adds. “The bodies, which were often in a terrible state, were especially hard. Some of the ISIS fighters were really young, in their mid-teens, and it was difficult not wonder who they were and how they had become caught up in this war.”

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A girl runs through the Wadi Hajar neighbourhood of Western Mosul, which was recaptured from ISIS in March. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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A girl displaced by fighting between ISIS militants and government forces in Mosul looks out of the bus window as she waits to be transferred to an IDP [Internally Displaced Person] camp. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

One of the photos in the series shows the body of a young ISIS militant killed by an airstrike earlier in the day. “Scenes like that always made me wonder,” he said. “How many of them were true extremists, and how many were just ordinary people, who felt alienated by their government and who joined ISIS in the early days of their rule before the extent of their brutality became apparent”. 

The photographer added that many of those living in Mosul initially saw ISIS as a legitimate force standing up to a distant, Shia-dominated government, that had neglected and persecuted residents of the Sunni-majority city ever since the American invasion in 2003. “It’s important to remember that they made a decision that seemed rational to them at that time,” he says.

“There is such hatred between the two sides [now], and a lack of empathy that I think will be a challenge in the post-ISIS era, when the country will have to look towards healing and reconciliation.”

www.tommytrenchard.com

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Iraqi Red Cross staff attempt to hand out food to desperate civilians fleeing fighting between government forces and ISIS militants in Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Civilians from the Hai Teran neighbourhood of Mosul salvage belongings from the wreckage of their home, which was hit by an airstrike three days earlier during fighting between ISIS militants and government forces. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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A mother reaches for her child at a reception area in Hamam al Alil as truckloads of IDPs flee fighting in Mosul. When IDPs flee the city, the men and women are separated so that the men can be screened for any links to ISIS. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Iraqi children, displaced by fighting between pro-government forces and ISIS militants in Mosul, cool off in a pool in between two IDP camps in Hamam al Alil, Iraq. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Members of an Iraqi family hide in a basement as a fierce gun battle rages above them in the al Thawra neighbourhood of western Mosul, where pro-government troops are engaged in house to house fighting with ISIS militants © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Families hide in a basement as fighting between ISIS militants and pro-government forces rages above them on the front line in the al Thawra neighbourhood of Western Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Empty streets in a deserted area of eastern Mosul near the Tigris river and the front line with ISIS. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Snipers with the Iraqi army’s Emergency Response Unit exchange fire across the Tigris river with ISIS militants. who still control the majority of West Mosul. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Iraqi soldiers are hit by an unidentified gas on the front line in the al Thawra neighbourhood of western Mosul during heavy fighting with ISIS militants. From the series The Battle for Mosul © Tommy Trenchard, courtesy of the artist

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Wow. Thanks Wiljor! Those are some seriously haunting photos. I hope and pray these people get their lives back soon. 

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US-led coalition acknowledges use of white #phosphorus in #Mosul amid mounting criticism http://on.rt.com/8emj  pic.twitter.com/RC5gAomcsl

 

 

Not so sure about this.  This comes from RT - Russian Television.   After bombing Syria for using chemical weapons, do you think we would use phosphorus in Mosul?

 

 

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