CSM has a good four page profile of the continuing religious, ethnic, and AQI-influenced violence in Mosul. Just east of Tal Afar and just south of the KRG, this area has seen previously successful pacification efforts in 2003/04 when Petraeus commanded the 101st here. Yet, complete linkage to the nat'l gov't was never created for a variety of reasons.
This is a great read of a very complicated and elusive insurgency wrapped in a civil conflict within Mosul-
U.S Sees Long Fight to Oust Al Qaeda In Mosul
This is a great read of a very complicated and elusive insurgency wrapped in a civil conflict within Mosul-
U.S Sees Long Fight to Oust Al Qaeda In Mosul
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