Deadly Mosul: 'Like Baghdad About 18 MonthsAgo' -- The Danger Room
Iraq's insurgents are down but not out. As security improves in many parts of the country, embattled extremists have fled to Mosul, Iraq's third-largest city, straddled by mountains near the Syrian border. Two G.I.s were killed there just today, and six more were wounded. What was once a vibrant and ethnically diverse city is now "like Baghdad about 18 months ago," according to one U.S. soldier.
For a year now, the Iraqi Army has led operations to retake Mosul, including armored assaults. But there hasn't been much progress. Mosul's civilian population -- especially its small Christian community -- is the real victim, as I reported for World Politics Review.
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My Comment: This will probably be the final battle to establish peace in Iraq .... and if it fails .... Mosul could be the place that puts Iraq into a civil war situation (again).