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| More on the plan to retake Mosul |
| 2015-02-21 |
| [IraqiNews] The initial attack force will consist of about 10,000 Iraqi troops, CBS News correspondent David Martin reports. The rest of the force would be held in reserve and include Kurdish fighters along with Iraqi soldiers and special operations forces. U.S. military advisers will give training to all of the troops in the attack force. The official from U.S. Central Command says five Iraqi Army brigades will soon go through coalition training in Iraq. The official says there are about 1,000 to 2,000 ISIS snuffies in the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... . The group overtook the northern Iraqi city last June. Military leaders have been talking about retaking the city for some time. Mosul is of strategic importance. The city and surrounding Ninevah province are a major export route for Iraqi oil and a gateway to Syria. It was taken by Lions of Islam last June. April or May was chosen as a date to start so the fighting could end before the worst of Iraq's summer heat comes. If Iraqi forces are not ready by April or May, the operation could be delayed, the official says, speaking anonymously because the official was not authorized to discuss the operation publicly. No decision has been made yet on whether U.S. military advisers will accompany Iraqi troops to call in |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Sometimes I think this group of naïve little momma's boys and girls in the current administration are the same people that sold the A-bomb to the Russians. Anything for a political agenda. So what if they kill a couple of thousand of our guys because they want to show the administration can lead from the front. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2015-02-21 17:30 |
| #2 Surely you can't be serious. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2015-02-21 11:08 |
| #1 Why does this remind me of a mirror image of the old Saturday Night Live "Desert Storm skit"? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-02-21 11:06 |