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Insurgents seize Iraqi city of Mosul as troops flee
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:06 pm
Wash Po
BBC
People fleeing the city:
BBC
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Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul.
Nouri Maliki acknowledged "vital areas" of the country's second largest city had been seized.
Overnight, hundreds of armed men seized local government's offices and police stations before taking control of the airport and the army's headquarters.
About 150,000 people are believed to have fled the city.
Sources have told BBC Arabic that they are heading to three towns in the nearby region of Kurdistan where authorities have set up temporary camps for them.
quote:
Mosul, however, is a far more important city, the capital of northern Iraq and a key commercial and trading center. It had also been an important focus of the U.S. military’s effort to stabilize Iraq.
The capture of the airport, which had served as a major hub for the U.S. military, could not be independently confirmed, but Nujaifi said it had been seized and that all of the aircraft there also were captured.
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It also raises questions about the continued utility of sending U.S. military support to Maliki, whose security forces seem simply to have crumbled. Maliki is urging the United States to deliver more advanced weaponry, but ISIS fighters have already been seen riding round in U.S.-supplied Humvees in other areas they control, and much of the weaponry captured in this latest battle is likely to be American, Lister said.
“Washington will be questioning how to move forward in terms of supporting the Iraqi army in its fight against terrorism,” he said. “Every time ISIS captures territory, it’s a reminder that it does so using weapons that have fallen into the hands of the forces the U.S. is trying to counter in the first place.”
People fleeing the city:
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:07 pm to carbola
Tweet #freeMosul and everything will be fine. Thanks
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:08 pm to carbola
Game of Thrones comparison in there somewhere.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:08 pm to carbola
I'm sure glad we left the Iraqi military in good shape to handle things.
At least there won't be any crying or gnashing of teeth about "rules of engagement" and "collateral damage" - hopefully they just go back in there and kick arse/take names.
At least there won't be any crying or gnashing of teeth about "rules of engagement" and "collateral damage" - hopefully they just go back in there and kick arse/take names.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:10 pm to carbola
The middle east is such a fricking shitshow. I can't wait till they run out of oil and we can go back to not giving a frick about them.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:15 pm to carbola
I cannot stress what a big deal this is. Mosul was so safe that people went there on vacation to visit Iraq. They had self rule and working democracy there. The Kurds had been the ones who had formed the Northern Alliance, and helped American forces drive out Saddam as they had also been the victems of genocide and gas attacks under his regime. This was a stable, vibrant, culturally important, and economically thriving city that has just fallen into the hands of insurgents. If there has ever been a red flag that there will never be a stable, unified, democratic Iraq, it's this. The Iraqi military must retake this city immediately or the entire country will fall apart.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:24 pm to carbola
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People fleeing the city:
Is that a Red Line I see on the pavement...????
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:34 pm to carbola
quote:A protest about a video no doubt.
after Islamist militants effectively took control of Mosul
Posted on 6/10/14 at 12:58 pm to carbola
This shite will be happening in Afghanistan within 6 months of us pulling out.
Our nation-building bullshite may go down as one of the biggest blunders in modern history.
Our nation-building bullshite may go down as one of the biggest blunders in modern history.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 1:06 pm to carbola
This is not surprising at all...Iraq was/is/will be a clusterfrick...that will end up under the boot of some other thug at some time in the future.
Posted on 6/10/14 at 1:22 pm to carbola
Posted on 6/11/14 at 7:41 am to carbola
10 years after the last US troop leaves, you won't be able to tell we were ever there.
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