Canadian military: the battle to liberate Mosul, “it has already begun.”
Canadian military: the battle to liberate Mosul, “it has already begun.”
Saturday, September 17, 2016 18:15
Baghdad / follow Baghdadi Uz..okd commander of joint operations for the Canadian army, said on Saturday that the battle to liberate Mosul has “already begun,” he said, adding that his country’s troops stay in Iraq linked to the desire of the Iraqi government.
Gen. Stephen Bowes, in a meeting slate, “The organization Daesh what continues to be a threat on the battlefield despite the decline in the flow of foreign militants into Iraq from what it was previously,” adding that “the leadership of the organization has been shaken by air strikes, the international coalition, as well as other military operations against the organization. ”
He added that the “military campaign undertaken by Iraqi armed forces and the attribution of the international coalition led by the United States, achieved success on the ground,” noting that “efforts are now moving to isolate the capabilities of the organization Daesh and isolate it down to dismantle its bases and its networks before moving on to the stage of his defeat.”
And on a date to launch the battle to liberate Mosul, said Bowes, there are those who “say it would start next week or next year,” adding, “But I say it has already begun through the ongoing military operations now to cut regulation and methods of supply contacts and edit zones and villages adjacent to the connector, because all this is an important creation of the battle for the liberation of the city of separation stage. ”
He explained that “the Turkish government’s actions have improved more in preventing the flow of foreign fighters across the borders of Iraq and Syria, as I said, the proportion of about two thousand per month to less than 50,” returned that “it will lead to a weakening of the ability of Daesh re himself standings after each end of the battle.” .
And saw Bowes, that “the survival of the presence of Canadian troops in Iraq after the demise of Daesh and edit Mosul threats depends on the Iraqi government requested it, he said,” when you get any change, the political leadership will have a decision in this regard. ”
The US military officials, revealed on Saturday, the arrival of hundreds of American soldiers to Qayyarah base, to provide logistical support to Iraqi forces in the liberation of Mosul operations while expecting the start of operations and the launching of the zero hour, during October Almqubl.anthy 21 / m
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