09-30-2016, 09:52 PM
*** 1-Oct-16 World View -- Iraq, ISIS and the West prepare for the Great Battle for Mosul to begin soon
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle begins assault on ISIS in Mosul
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A Rafale fighter jet takes off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. (AFP)
On Friday, 24 Dassault Rafale jet fighters operating from the aircraft
carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean began striking
targets belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL
or Daesh) in Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq (behind Baghdad).
Each jet was reportedly armed with four 250kg laser-guided bombs, and
one sortie was carried out roughly every three minutes.
According to a military spokesman, the airstrikes “have targeted
military commanders, administration officials, foreign fighter
facilitators, amirs, security commanders, communication leaders, and
senior shura council leadership." The Charles de Gaulle is on its
third mission since February 2015 in support of the US-led coalition
fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
France is stepping up its attacks on ISIS targets near Mosul in
preparation for the Great Battle for Mosul, which officials from Iraq,
Britain and France have all suggested could begin around mid-October.
The Pentagon is preparing by a new deployment of US forces to Iraq.
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it was deploying 615
additional US soldiers to Iraq in preparation for the recapture of
Mosul, bringing the number of US troops authorized for Iraq to over
5000.
ISIS is also preparing for battle. After ISIS first entered Mosul in
June 2014, it boasted about the fact that it was removing all the
concrete barriers that the Iraqi army had placed around Mosul because
they were no longer needed. Now ISIS is moving the concrete barriers
back into place.
ISIS is also digging a trench, measuring two meters in depth and
width, on one side of the concrete barriers. This was inspired by the
Battle of the Trench, in 627. Mohammed and his army were in Medina,
and an alliance of Jews and tribes from Mecca attacked Medina. The
attack failed because Mohammed's army dug a trench around Medina,
which nullified the invader's cavalry.
The trenches that ISIS is building will not surround the entire city.
The trenches supposedly connected to a network of secret tunnels ISIS
is building to aid in fighting a guerrilla war inside the city.
There are some 1.8 million people in Mosul. Even if the Great Battle
for Mosul begins in two or three weeks, as some officials are
suggesting, it will not end quickly. Estimates are that it will not
be over until mid or late 2017. France 24 and AFP and Long War Journal and The Hill
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**** UN says Mosul could be 'largest man-made disaster in many years'
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Iraq director Bruno
Geddo warned that up to one million people could need assistance.
According to Geddo:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Mosul has the potential to be one of the largest man
> made disasters for many, many years. More than a million could be
> displaced as a result of the forthcoming offensive.
>
> We are planning for at least 700,000 who will be in need of
> assistance, shelter, food, water, everything that you need in a
> situation of humanitarian disaster."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The UN agency is hoping to have 11 camps finished by the end of the
year with the capacity to hold 120,000 people, while Iraqi authorities
expect to be able to house 150,000 more, he explained. Deutsche Welle and Al Bawaba
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KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iraq, Mosul, France,
Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, Dassault Rafale jet fighter,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Mohammed, Battle of the Trench, Bruno Geddo,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle begins assault on ISIS in Mosul
- UN says Mosul could be 'largest man-made disaster in many years'
****
**** France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle begins assault on ISIS in Mosul
****
A Rafale fighter jet takes off from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. (AFP)
On Friday, 24 Dassault Rafale jet fighters operating from the aircraft
carrier Charles de Gaulle in the eastern Mediterranean began striking
targets belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS or ISIS or ISIL
or Daesh) in Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq (behind Baghdad).
Each jet was reportedly armed with four 250kg laser-guided bombs, and
one sortie was carried out roughly every three minutes.
According to a military spokesman, the airstrikes “have targeted
military commanders, administration officials, foreign fighter
facilitators, amirs, security commanders, communication leaders, and
senior shura council leadership." The Charles de Gaulle is on its
third mission since February 2015 in support of the US-led coalition
fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
France is stepping up its attacks on ISIS targets near Mosul in
preparation for the Great Battle for Mosul, which officials from Iraq,
Britain and France have all suggested could begin around mid-October.
The Pentagon is preparing by a new deployment of US forces to Iraq.
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it was deploying 615
additional US soldiers to Iraq in preparation for the recapture of
Mosul, bringing the number of US troops authorized for Iraq to over
5000.
ISIS is also preparing for battle. After ISIS first entered Mosul in
June 2014, it boasted about the fact that it was removing all the
concrete barriers that the Iraqi army had placed around Mosul because
they were no longer needed. Now ISIS is moving the concrete barriers
back into place.
ISIS is also digging a trench, measuring two meters in depth and
width, on one side of the concrete barriers. This was inspired by the
Battle of the Trench, in 627. Mohammed and his army were in Medina,
and an alliance of Jews and tribes from Mecca attacked Medina. The
attack failed because Mohammed's army dug a trench around Medina,
which nullified the invader's cavalry.
The trenches that ISIS is building will not surround the entire city.
The trenches supposedly connected to a network of secret tunnels ISIS
is building to aid in fighting a guerrilla war inside the city.
There are some 1.8 million people in Mosul. Even if the Great Battle
for Mosul begins in two or three weeks, as some officials are
suggesting, it will not end quickly. Estimates are that it will not
be over until mid or late 2017. France 24 and AFP and Long War Journal and The Hill
****
**** UN says Mosul could be 'largest man-made disaster in many years'
****
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Iraq director Bruno
Geddo warned that up to one million people could need assistance.
According to Geddo:
> [indent]<QUOTE>"Mosul has the potential to be one of the largest man
> made disasters for many, many years. More than a million could be
> displaced as a result of the forthcoming offensive.
>
> We are planning for at least 700,000 who will be in need of
> assistance, shelter, food, water, everything that you need in a
> situation of humanitarian disaster."<END QUOTE>[/indent]
The UN agency is hoping to have 11 camps finished by the end of the
year with the capacity to hold 120,000 people, while Iraqi authorities
expect to be able to house 150,000 more, he explained. Deutsche Welle and Al Bawaba
Related Stories
- Iraq in major crisis after catastrophic fall of Mosul to ISIS (11-Jun-2014)
- Kurds battle ISIS for strategic Mosul Dam in Iraq (18-Aug-2014)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Iraq, Mosul, France,
Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, Dassault Rafale jet fighter,
Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria/Sham/the Levant, IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh,
Mohammed, Battle of the Trench, Bruno Geddo,
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Permanent web link to this article
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Phone: 617-864-0010
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Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
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