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Iraq launches offensive to recapture western Mosul from Islamic State
LA TIMES ^ | 19 Feb 17 | Nabih Bulos

Posted on 02/18/2017 11:28:47 PM PST by elhombrelibre

As dawn approached, units from the Iraqi federal police and Emergency Response Division mustered near the village of Lazaaqah, roughly six miles south of Mosul.

As they approached, bullets from Islamic State snipers whistled past, even as helicopters flying overhead bore down on Islamic State positions with heavy gunfire and rockets.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iraq; iraqi; is; isis; islamicstate; mosul; offensive
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

The Saudis are the largest sponsor of terrorism in the world. Their leaders sustain the Wahhabi cult as a means of enslaving their population and encouraging the spread of radical Islam around the world.


21 posted on 02/20/2017 5:33:15 AM PST by antidisestablishment ( We few, we happy few, we basket of deplorables)
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To: Paladin2
What do you think of Juan McCain?

McAnus?

He's an orifice.

22 posted on 02/20/2017 5:46:33 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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To: antidisestablishment

Why do you think I said “blow them off the map” in #6?


23 posted on 02/20/2017 5:48:55 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (The fear of stark justice sends hot urine down their thighs.)
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