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US-Backed Iraqi Troops Launch Massive Offensive On ISIS Stronghold Mosul
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17:27Now PlayingIraqi soldiers are moving to take the ISIS stronghold of Mosul. Jimmy Dore, Richard Eskow, and Alonzo Bodden, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"Soldiers cheered and honked the horns of their Humvees as their convoy rolled north on the highway out of Baghdad. One filmed the procession on his phone to mark the event: The Iraqi military was getting ready to return to Mosul. “I’m higher than the palm trees,” another soldier said.
The Iraqi military surrendered Mosul to ISIS in June 2014, leaving behind its US-supplied weapons and setting the stage for the declaration of ISIS’s caliphate. Now the same Iraqi military, reinforced with more than two years of US training and aid, is beginning a massive offensive to win the city back. Kurdish forces will soon initiate attacks on outlying villages as part of the offensive — and Iraqi troops, who will be the primary force in the offensive, will follow suit.
Prime Minister Haber Haider al-Abadi took to Iraqi television in the early hours of Monday morning to announce the long-awaited operation’s beginning. “The time of victory has come and operations to liberate Mosul have started,” he said. “Today I declare the start of these victorious operations to free you from the violence and terrorism of [ISIS].”
The stakes for all sides are high. For ISIS, Mosul is the most populous and important city it holds. ISIS was the first modern terrorist group to control its own state — and losing Mosul would set the stage for that state’s demise. For the Iraqi government, retaking Mosul is crucial to rebuilding the country. And the Mosul offensive will be the capstone of a long and expensive US effort against ISIS that has seen it arm and train local forces, launch thousands of airstrikes, and send US troops to the front lines.”*
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Hosts: Jimmy Dore, Richard Eskow, Alonzo Bodden
Cast: Jimmy Dore, Richard Eskow, Alonzo Bodden
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