MESOP MOSUL : Top of the Agenda – international voices sampler
Iraqi Militants Press Beyond Mosul
Sunni insurgents who captured Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, extended their control southward on Wednesday to an area that includes the country’s largest oil refinery at Baiji. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called the offensive by ISIS, a breakaway al-Qaeda group, a “mortal threat,” and said Iraqi security forces would work with Kurdish Peshmerga forces (Reuters) to wrest back control. The Iraqi army’s retreat from Mosul left insurgents with a windfall of arms, munitions, and equipment supplied by the United States, while highlighting the toll of endemic desertion: Prior to the Mosul assault, the army was losing some three hundred soldiers a day (NYT). Half a million residents of Mosul have been displaced or fled from their homes, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday (AFP).
Peshmerga Only Bulwark Against ISIS Sweep, Former Iraqi Officer Says
By Adel Fakhir RUDAW – 11.6.2014 – BAGHDAD, Iraq – Because of their long experience in guerrilla warfare, the Kurdish Peshmerga forces are the only bulwark that can thwart the sweep of Islamic militants further across Iraq, according to a former Iraqi army officer.
ISIS Video Calls To ‘Break The Crosses And Destroy The Lineage Of The Grandsons Of Monkeys’
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MESOP LATEST : Rebel leaders to respond to US Ambassador Ford
11-6-2014 – A trio of rebel leaders will make their case Wednesday that the United States should provide additional military support to vetted elements of Syria’s rebels, at a remote press conference held by the opposition Syrian National Coalition at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
MESOP SHORT CUTS MOSUL : LOOTING IN DIALA
Benjamin Hiller Photojournalist via Kurdische Nachrichten Nûçe-News
36 Min · 11.6.2014 – #Iraq #Peshmerga
Peshmerga forces arrest Iraqi soldiers in Diala that were allegedly looting refugees houses
As Mosul falls to ISIS militants, doubts over US-trained Iraqi security forces (+video)
By Ariel Zirulnick, Staff writer A daily roundup of terrorism and security issues
Insurgents overran much of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Tuesday, seizing the provincial government headquarters, the airport, police stations, and prisons as members of the Iraqi army shed their uniforms and fled.
MESOP SHORT CUT : ANHA: Tirbespi attack
Bomb attack in Tirbespi – ANHA. Read more: http://hawarnews.com/index.php/2013-02-14-17-53-15/14887-2014-06-10-07-43-00 (Van Wilgenburg)
Mesop Hawar News: New law on foreigners in Cizere canton
صادقة على قانون دخول الأجانب إلى مناطق الإدارة الذاتية في مقاطعة الجزيرة
الثلاثاء, 10 حزيران/يونيو 2014 16:35
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Video from ISIS fighter shows aftermath of ‘liberation’ of Mosul
Click for Video: By Bill Roggio & Oren AdakiJune 10, 2014 – Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/06/video_from_isis_figh.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LongWarJournalSiteWide+%28The+Long+War+Journal+%28Site-Wide%29%29##ixzz34K9dxCop
MESOP : ROJAVA REPORT – (PYD) YPG: We Will Fight Together With The People Of South Kurdistan
Firat News – 11.6.2014 – Following the capture of Mosul and Fallujah by the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) the YPG has released a statement declaring it is ready to defend South Kurdistan against attacks from these gangs.ISIS forces captured Mosul earlier today after beginning a new wave of attacks on Saturday. Earlier in January the group captured the entirety of the city of Fallujah and neighborhoods in the city of Ramadi, both in Anbar province.
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