Iraq Launches Military Offensive To Retake Mosul From ISIS

Moments ago, Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi publicly announced the start of an offensive to retake Mosul, the capital of Islamic State's caliphate in Iraq. US troops are said to be playing a "supporting role" in the offensive, with the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters making up the bulk of the 30,000-strong force.

Peshmerga artillery shells ISIS positions near Mosul.
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"The hour has come and the moment of great victory is near," Prime Minister el-Abadi said in a speech on state TV, surrounded by the armed forces' top commanders. "I announce today the start of the operation to liberate the province of Nineveh."

The assault on Mosul is backed the U.S.-led coalition and could be one be the biggest military operations in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.It is expected to last several weeks if not longer.

"We are proud to stand with you in this historic operation," Brett McGurk, U.S. envoy to the coalition against Islamic State, said on Twitter at the start of the Mosul offensive.

Mosul is the last major stronghold of ultra-hardline Sunni group in Iraq. With a pre-war population of around 2 million, the northern Iraqi city is the largest city Islamic State has controlled after it declared a "caliphate" in Iraq and neighboring Syria in 2014.

The launch of the offensive does not come as a surprise to anyone, and certainly not ISIS, after leaflets declaring "Victory Time" were dumped over the city on Sunday. Local media outlets reported earlier over the weekend that the Iraqi army and allied militiamen may start the offensive against the ISIS “capital” in Iraq on Monday. The International Red Cross warned the move could create a million refugees.

The operation to drive Islamic State out of Iraq’s second-largest city Mosul was due to start “early on Monday,” Sky News Arabia reported citing sources in Iraqi Kurdistan. Similar reports have been filed by Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, citing Iraqi government sources. The action is set to be backed by the US-led anti-IS coalition. However according to RIA, which cited a military source, the operation might be delayed, since the terrorists are now allegedly aware of the exact plan. The jihadists have hence “booby trapped roads” to Mosul forcing the Iraqi military to change plans, the source adds.

But the biggest question is where will the up to 1 million refugees go. Around half of the city's original population of more than 2 million remain in Mosul, and most of them could flee once fighting begins, which would create another refugee crisis and what one representative has called "one of the largest man-made displacement crises of recent times," according to CNN.

Camps are reportedly being set up to accommodate those who leave the city.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-16/iraq-launches-military-offensive-retake-mosul-islamic-state-us-troop-support

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nadam se da ga neće osvojiti prije kraja USA izbora ali neće.

Erdogan je rekao pomoći

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/analysis-turkey-achieve-iraq-161013032856045.html

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-has-its-plan-b-if-excluded-from-mosul-operation-erdogan.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104978

 nadam se da ga neće osvojiti prije kraja USA izbora ali neće.

.......................  WHATTT

http://www.dw.com/bs/borba-za-mosul-%C5%A1ta-iraku-istinski-treba/a-36054322

A ono .....

SAD spreman podržati Irak u borbi za Mosul

 Sjedinjene Američke Drževe (SAD) i međunarodna koalicija koju predvode spremni su podržati Irak u teškoj borbi za oslobođenje Mosula, izjavio je američki ministar obrane Ash Carter nakon što je Bagdad najavio ofenzivu za oslobađanje Mosula.

"Ovo je ključni trenutak u borbi protiv ISIL-a. Uvjereni smo da će naši irački partneri savladati zajedničkog neprijatelja i osloboditi Mosul i ostatak Iraka od ISIL-ove mržnje i brutalnosti", kazao je Carter u ponedjeljak rano ujutro.

http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/pocela-je-najveca-bitka-protiv-isisa-ona-za-oslobodjenje-mosula/926073.aspx

Nobelovac za mir ......

Iz Crvenog Križa pak upozoravaju na humanitarnu katastrofu koja će proizaći iz ove operacije ističući kako bi bitka mogla stvoriti i do 1 milijun izbjeglica.

Koji je omjer snaga? U napad na Mosul kreće oko 30,000 iračkih i kurdskih snaga, a u gradu se nalazi, prema procjenama, između 3,000 i 4,500 ISIL-ovih boraca, no u gradu je i oko 1,5 milijun civila.

http://www.advance.hr/vijesti/zapocela-je-velika-epska-bitka-za-mosul-30-000-irackih-i-kurdskih-boraca-krece-u-napad-na-najvece-isil-ovo-uporiste-crveni-kriz-upozorava-na-mogucnost-i-do-milijun-izbjeglica/

evo tko pizdi:

Turkish president #Erdogan says won't be responsible for consequences of Mosul offensive if #Turkey not involved in military operation.

Izgleda da je došlo na destke tisuća šija da oslobodi Mosul tuku sa VBR-ovima cijeli dan i cijelu noć hehehe, iako se ovo može okrenut upravo protiv Sirije i Irana, jer IS lako može narediti povlačenje u Siriju i udar na Der zoor, pošto sa Turcima očito nemaju neku namjeru se tući