Thursday, January 22, 2015

The Battle For Mosul Is Starting To Take Shape

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter keep watch during fighting with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of Mosul January 21, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Azad Lashkari

Wall Street Journal: U.S., Iraq Prepare Offensive to Retake Mosul From Islamic State

WNU Editor: This is not going to be an easy battle .... In Mosul, Islamic State turns captured city into fortress (Reuters).

More News On The U.S. And Iraq Preparing An Offensive To Retake Mosul From The Islamic State

U.S., Iraq preparing for assault to recapture Mosul: WSJ -- Reuters
Kurdish forces, Iraqi army launch attack in Mosul -- Al Bawaba
Kurdish forces squeeze Islamic State supply line in northern Iraq -- Reuters
Peshmerga part of multipronged attack on Mosul -- Rudaw
ISIS Suffers Heaviest Defeat in Iraq in a Single Day -- Fiscal Times
Volunteers Secretly Battle ISIS in 'Mosul Liberation Battalions': Iraqi VP -- NBC
NBC News: Iraqi Resistance Fighters Battling ISIS in Mosul -- Newsmax
Isis digs anti-tank defence ditches around Mosul -- The Times
Mosul Resident To Baghdad: 'Apparently Mosul Is No Longer Part Of Iraq To You' -- Radio Free Europe
Life in IS-ruled Mosul under scanner -- Arab News
Mosul residents describe ‘hell’ of Isis occupation as Kurdish fighters close in -- The Guardian

2 comments:

oldfatslow said...

The Peshmerga are well-
fed a least. I know who
I'm hiding behind in an
assault.

ofs

War News Updates Editor said...

Your comment is well timed ofs. I had just mentioned to a friend yesterday that the fighters for the Islamic State all look thin and hungry .... many on the opposite look fat and .... well fat.