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Focus: The Mosul Offensive Against Islamic State - Oct 24, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 24 October 2016

Wave of U.S. coalition’s air strikes as ISIS puts up tough defence of Mosul - Channel NewsAsia

US drops 1400 bombs on ISIS in first week of Mosul fight - The Daily Caller

U.S. troops, embedded with Iraqi brigades and battalions, push toward Mosul’s city center - militarytimes.com

Navy explosives expert from California first U.S. death in battle for Mosul - UPI.com

Ferocity of ISIS Kirkuk counter-attack points to tough fight for Mosul - Reuters

The worst is yet to come in Mosul, US leaders say - Defense One

Pentagon: Daesh arming administrative personel, recruiting from outside Mosul to reinforce its defense of the city - aa.com

Labyrinth of tunnels revealed as ISIS try to dodge assault on Iraq's second city - Daily Mail Online

VIDEO: A tour of a tunnel where ISIS fighters hide out from satellite detection, drone strikes and artillery - YouTube

ISIS carries out mass relocation of civilians amid Mosul offensive - Rudaw

In opposition to the Iraq government Turkey says its artillery playing role in Mosul, jets on standby - Reuters

US scrambles to contain flaring Turkey-Iraq tensions over Mosul - VOA

Iran's Rohani says Turkish Intervention In Iraq ‘very dangerous’ - rferl.org

VIDEO (Persian): Iran leader Hassan Rouhani expresses his opposition to Turkey military operation in Iraq and Syria - YouTube

The attack on Mosul is turning out to be a total disaster. We gave them months of notice. U.S. is looking so dumb. VOTE TRUMP and WIN AGAIN! - Donald J. Trump on Twitter

VIDEO: Trump: Now we're gogged down In Mosul because Obama gave away the element of surprise, The enemy is much tougher than they thought - RealClearPolitics

White House: 'Too early' to claim Mosul is a failure, Obama has confidence the battle will be successful - Washington Examiner

VIDEO: Hillary Clinton goes after Donald Trump for tweet about ‘total disaster’ In Mosul, adding that it is 'dangerous' declaring defeat before the battle has even started - YouTube

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