Civil Conflict Thread

[Delirious Biznasty]

latest images of the offensive on mosul

the iraqis are making progress, but it is a meat grinder as they were not trained properly for this at all:

"We're an armored brigade, and fighting without being able to use tanks and with soldiers unused to urban warfare is putting troops in a tough situation," the officer told Reuters."

"Against a well-drilled, mobile and brutally effective enemy, exploiting the cover of built-up neighborhoods and the city's civilian population, his tanks were useless, he said, and his men untrained for the urban warfare they face."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideas...SKBN1350GB