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Iraq
Joint forces launch offensive on ISIS sites in southern Mosul
2015-01-01
[IraqiNews.com] On Wednesday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that joint forces from the local police and the Peshmerga forces backed with volunteers have launched an offensive on ISIS sites in southern djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
The source informed IraqiNews, ?Today, joint forces consisting of Nineveh police and Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by Arab tribal fighters have carried out an offensive operation on ISIS sites in Qayara area, located southern Mosul,? noting that, ?The operation has resulted in liberating some expanses of territory in the area.?

?The international coalition warplanes have offered intensive air bombing on ISIS targets during the operation,?

?The bully boyz withdrew to the eastern side of the area after suffered big losses in the battle,? the source added.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Can't take Mosul, if you don't control territory next to Mosul.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-01-01 12:50  

#1  I guess the Bagdad government has given up claim for Mosul.
Posted by: jvalentour   2015-01-01 10:04  

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