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US troops arrive on Mount Shingal to set up military base: Deputy Mayor
Kurdistan 24 News ^ | 6-1-2018 | Sangar Ali / Editing by John J. Catherine

Posted on 06/01/2018 5:54:22 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – US forces have reached on the top of Mount Sinjar (Shingal) to establish a new a military base, a Kurdish Ezidi official said on Friday.

“Today, 15 military vehicles of US troops arrived on top of Mount Shingal and stationed themselves near Mira peak on the mountain,” Jalal Khalo, deputy mayor in Shingal, told Kurdistan 24.

The US forces are preparing to build a military base on the mountain, Khalo added.

Mount Shingal is one of the most strategic locations in Iraq, lying near the border with Syria and 125 km west of Mosul.

The Kurdish Peshmerga forces, supported by US-led coalition warplanes, liberated Shingal in mid-November 2015 after being occupied by the Islamic State (IS) in their infamous takeover in August of 2014.

In the past, the mountain was used by former dictator of Iraq Saddam Hussein to threaten Israel with long-range weaponry.

The following are some of the photos obtained by Kurdistan 24 showing US military vehicles arriving near Mount Shingal on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at kurdistan24.net ...


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We shall see.


21 posted on 06/02/2018 5:41:39 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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