Posted on 11/06/2016 7:58:52 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode
Simultaneous offensives on Raqqa and Mosul could bring to an end the self-styled caliphate declared by Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi from the pulpit of a Mosul mosque in 2014.
Baghdadi, however, has told his followers there can be no retreat in a "total war" with their enemies, and the militants in Mosul have been waging a fierce and brutal defens
"Sometimes they climb to the rooftops of houses where civilians are still living and they hold them hostage and open fire on our forces, because they know we will not use air strikes against targets that have civilians."
Militants also targeted the troops with car bombs, sometimes waving white flags as they approached, he said.
Major General Maan al-Sadi, a CTS commander, told state television Islamic State fighters had launched more than 100 car bombs against his forces in the east, which is just one of several fronts in the Mosul offensive.
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But...but...Trump was castigated for calling Aleppo and Mosul FUBAR efforts...
Saw a CNN video on the Iraqi “Special Forces” in Mosul. Very “special” if you catch my drift.
Why don’t they just surround the area and kill everyone inside it? What kind of insanity is this that allows enemies to run away to fight again?
The MSM must have this phrase in their form book:
`Always remember—scumbag mozlim primates, i.e. `freedom fighters’ (but don’t write this!), don’t lose, they “melt away”’.
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