Speaking to a group of coalition defense and foreign ministers today, US special envoy to the ISIS War Brett McGurk claimed that the “liberation of Mosul is now in sight,” the first time a US official has suggested that the recapture of the major northern Iraqi city might be imminent.
It comes after recent US escalations in Iraq to build up the Qayara Airbase, south of Mosul, which is seen as a likely launchpad for the offensive. Repairing the base could take some time, since the US had been bombing it off and on for two years.
McGurk’s comment, then, is in keeping with Iraq’s intention to escalate its presence around Mosul, but is the exact opposite of what Pentagon officials have been saying all summer. US military officials have repeatedly said the Iraqi military is nowhere near ready to try to take Mosul from ISIS, and lacks the logistics capability to even reliably get troops up that far north.
Iraq tried to take some villages not far from Mosul earlier this year, and only seemed to ever take villages that ISIS had no fighters in. Even then, the troops often ran short on supplies and many deserted. While the capture of Qayara, a bit farther south, is of some use, it too came without any resistance from ISIS, and so long as ISIS has fighters in Mosul, by far its largest city, Iraq can’t count on walking in uncontested.
The never ending wars will not stop until the U.S. finical system implodes!
Feb 19, 2015 ISIS was created by the CIA and Mossad In today’s video, Christopher Greene of AMTV reports on the terror group ISIS.
http://youtu.be/aQkYtmewSpQ
This second link proves the news report from across the pond above accurate!
February 21, 2015 ISIS seizes U.S.-made weapons
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/02/21/newday-wedeman-isis-seizes-u-s-weapons.cnn
It’s no surprise McGurk is saying stuff like this: from his wiki entry:
“a Legal Advisor to both the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the United States Ambassador in Baghdad.
During his tenure in Baghdad, McGurk helped draft Iraq’s interim
constitution, the Transitional Administrative Law, and oversaw the legal
transition from the CPA to an Interim Iraqi Government led by Prime
Minister Ayad Allawi. In 2005, he was transferred to the National Security Council,
where he served as Director for Iraq, and later as Special Assistant to
the President and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2006,
McGurk became an early advocate for a fundamental change in Iraq policy
and helped develop what is now known as the surge, which began in
January 2007. In his Book Decision Points, President George W. Bush
refers to McGurk as part of his “personal band of warriors” that led to a
new strategy and reset the trajectory of the war.”
He’s one of those responsible for the creation of ISIS.
Mosul appears to be the Atlanta of Iraq. Must be taken before the elections.
July 21, 2016 Australia, UK, US Complicit in Indonesian Massacres, International Judges Say
“ABC” – A non-binding international tribunal at The Hague has found Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States were complicit in facilitating the 1965 mass killings in Indonesia.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45163.htm