Posted on 02/10/2017 9:40:27 AM PST by elhombrelibre
(CNN) — The "caliphate" declared by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS) will lose its last two cities of any consequence -- Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria -- within months, according to the senior U.S. general in the region.
Speaking on a tour north of Baghdad this week, Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force, said the next phase of the Iraqi military operation to take Mosul will get underway imminently.
The city of some 300,000 inhabitants is ISIS' administrative headquarters, and its hub for planning overseas terror attacks. Not so long ago, ISIS controlled a wide swathe of land between Raqqa and the Turkish border, allowing as many as 2,000 foreign fighters a month to reach the "promised land."
Now most of that land is held by the group's enemies. Its leadership, weapons caches and oil revenues in Syria have been pummeled for months.
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SDF, our guys, mostly Kurds in the past, fighting 20 kms from Raqqa. Best of Luck.
The other Jihadi elements are not enemies of ISIS, they are head chopping competitors. Including our own jihadis we support.
Having Al Nusra, the Free Syrian Army, or any other bunch of Sunnis take over Raqqa is like running out the PLO and installing Hamas.
SDF, “our guys” are little better than ISIS. They include sunni jihadis and even Chechyns. Sad to see American forces assisting such evil people.
And it tells me the goal is not destroying ISIS, it is still solely to remove Assad.
Big things are coming and soon.
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