Worsening Conditions in Mosul

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  1. longknife

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    Exactly the conditions Jihadists desire. Well said Marvot!
     
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    Israel should give some thought to the destruction of the water table throughout the Jordan Basin.
     
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    Prob'ly just another corrupt boondoggle at taxpayer's expense...
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    US Warning of 'Catastrophic Failure' of Iraq's Mosul Dam
    February 29, 2016 — Iraq's Mosul Dam risks "catastrophic failure" and a massive wall of water that would sweep downstream anything in its path, including bodies, buildings, cars, unexploded ordnances and hazardous chemicals, the U.S. is warning.
     
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    Gettin' ready to re-take Mosul...
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    Carter Announces 560 More US Troops to Iraq to Recapture Mosul
    Jul 11, 2016 | The United States will send 560 more troops to Iraq to help establish a newly retaken air base as a staging hub for the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday on an unannounced visit to the country.
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    Carter: US Will Use Iraq City as Base to Retake Mosul
    Jul 11, 2016 | U.S. and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces move forward in the long-awaited battle to recapture Mosul from Islamic State militants, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Monday as he arrived in Iraq.
     
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    Water in Jordan river are affected by rain and in dry sessons there is less water, that's why we turned to a leading country in water distillation, but no running water in Gaza is a good one Margot :) luckly they have a fluent supply of air bags from the EU or they would have suffected along time ago - 'CAUSE DA JOOS SUCK UP ALL DA AIR ! LOL :roflol:
     
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    ISIS using welding tools to torture and kill...
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    Mosul’s ISIS horror: Six boys murdered in public using welding tools, man's hand chopped off, other boys beaten for playing football
    Thursday 22nd September, 2016 - Unleashing yet another round of shocking brutality, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is said to have handcuffed six boys and then used welding tools on them to kill them in broad daylight, to instigate fear in the hearts of hundreds of onlookers.
     
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    What worked in the past won't necessarily work in the future...
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    IS Takes to Ancient Strategy as Battle for Mosul Looms
    October 01, 2016 - Reeling from U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and battlefield defeats by Iraqi and Kurdish forces, the Islamic State (IS) is resorting to an ancient defense strategy as a massive battle looms to eject the militants from Mosul.
     
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    Gonna go from bad to worse for Mosul residents...
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    IS Plans Widespread Destruction in Mosul as Conditions Worsen for Residents
    October 04, 2016 - Kurdish officials say Islamic State militants are planning to meet a liberation offensive in Mosul with mass killings and widespread destruction of the historic Iraqi city.
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    US Picking Off Key IS Officials, 'Softening' Grip on Mosul
    September 29, 2016 — One by one, key Islamic State terror group leaders are getting caught in the crosshairs of U.S. and coalition aircraft, and they are being removed from the battlefield as Iraqi forces prepare for a final assault on the IS-held city of Mosul.
     
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    ISIS hangin' victims from power poles...

    U.N.: 40 Mosul civilians shot, killed, hung from power poles by Islamic State
    Nov. 11, 2016 - The incident was one of several atrocities mentioned in a statement by the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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    Iraq has never seen this kind of fighting in its battles with ISIS
    November 11,`16 — Since pushing into Mosul a week ago, Iraqi commanders say their forces have been shaken by some of the most complex fighting they have ever encountered in battles against the Islamic State.
     
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    Trapped like the rats they are...
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    Iraqi army controls main roads out of Mosul, trapping Islamic State
    Wed Mar 1, 2017 | U.S.-backed Iraqi army units on Wednesday took control of the last major road out of western Mosul that had been in Islamic State's hands, a general and residents there said, trapping the militants in a dwindling area within the city.
     

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