#mosul

Changes to #suicide tactics in the battle for #Mosul
▻http://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/military-review/Archives/English/Adaptation-and-Innovation-with-an-urban-twist.pdf #Irak #Iraq #war #weapons #guerre #armes #asymmetric_warfare #guerre_asymétrique

Suicide bombers has always been an asymmetric response to lack of precision weapons. Once a replacement is developed, we can expect suicide bombing to recede despite its serving as a signaling function for ideology by demonstrating determination & sacrifice. (Which reminds that the coming proliferation of cheap precision guided munitions is not going to be fun)

Das Massaker von Mosul: „Wir töteten sie alle. Daesh, Männer, Frauen und Kinder“

▻https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Das-Massaker-von-Mosul-Wir-toeteten-sie-alle-Daesh-Maenner-Frauen-und-Kinder-3

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Der Grund sei nicht, dass die Gefängnisse in Bagdad voll seien. Am Anfang der Offensive habe man IS-Kämpfer noch den Geheimdiensten übergeben - was für Gefangene allerdings mitunter noch schrecklicher war, als gleich erschossen zu werden (IS-Verdächtige werden wie Vieh in Gefängnissen gehalten) -, aber dann habe man immer weniger festgenommen. Nach der vom irakischen Regierungschef erklärten Befreiung (Der IS wird nie wieder eine Stadt im Irak erobern) wurde an manchen Stellen weiter gekämpft. Einzelne IS-Kämpfer haben sich in den angelegten Tunnelsystemen versteckt und verüben von dort aus weiter Angriffe.

MEE veröffentlicht Bilder von den Trümmern und den Leichen in der Altstadt und am Fluss. Unter den Leichen gibt es auch Kinderkörper. Nicht alle kamen durch Gewalt ums Leben, manche verhungerten oder verdursteten auch. Die Menschen, die zuletzt aus der Altstadt kamen, sahen, so MEE, wie Insassen von KZs aus, ausgemergelt, am Rande des Todes.

Journalisten werden nach MEE aus der Stadt vertrieben, man will keine Zeugen. So hätten einige Journalisten beobachtet, wie ein IS-Gefangener von Spezialeinheiten mit gebundenen Händen und einem Seil um den Hals durch die Ruinen der Altstadt geschleppt wurde. Die Journalisten hätten ihre Speicherkarten mit den Bildern hergeben müssen und seien aufgefordert worden, die Stadt zu verlassen. Der Offizier sagte, es gebe kein Recht mehr in Mosul: “Jeden Tag sehe ich, dass wir dasselbe wie der IS machen. Menschen gingen an den Fluss, um Wasser zu holen, weil sie verdursten, und wir töteten sie.”

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#Daech #Iraq #Mosul #massacre #vengeance #terreur

The history and adaptability of the Islamic State car bomb
▻https://zaytunarjuwani.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/the-history-and-adaptability-of-the-islamic-state-car-bomb #SBVIED #VIED #ISIL #Islamic_State #ISIS #suicide #weapons #armes #Irak #Iraq #Syria #Syrie #Mosul

“Let’s make a delivery !” "Why don’t YOU drive ?" - #C&C #Red_Alert 2 seventeen years ago really was visionary, but seeing SVBIED routinely used as a normal component of ground assaults is something I would not have imagined actually happening outside of a silly game.

Two #DroneDefender systems in a guard post of a base between #Mosul and Irbil, October 2016 (picture by Seth Robson). Now that remotely piloted #drones are mainstream, so are their counters.

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ISIS stopped paying Mosul fighters salaries as battle intensifies | Daily Mail Online
▻http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4091908/Islamic-State-stopped-paying-salaries-fighters-Mosul-just-face-fiercest

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Islamic State ’has stopped paying the salaries of its fighters in Mosul’ just as they face the fiercest part of the battle for the city

Residents of Mosul say ISIS haven’t been paid for their services for weeks
Reports suggest the group has been crippled by bomb attacks on its oil bases
The Jihadists have even resorted to smuggling families out of the city for cash
The US-led coalition is looking to recapture Mosul after two years under ISIS

#EI #Mossoul #Mosul

A watery time-bomb | The Economist

The Mosul dam
A watery time-bomb
The most dangerous dam in the world
Feb 13th 2016 | BAGHDAD | From the print edition

Timekeeper

It seemed a good idea at the time

“FIRE or flood” goes an old saying about the turbulent history of Iraq; and just now flood is the one to fear. American officials are ringing alarm bells over a potentially catastrophic collapse of the country’s biggest dam, 50km (30 miles) upstream from Mosul, Iraq’s second city, currently held by Islamic State (IS)

“What we do know is this—if this dam were in the United States, we would have drained the lake behind it,” said Lieutenant-General Sean MacFarland, who commands American forces in Iraq, to reporters last month in Baghdad. Sensors installed by American army engineers in December show widening fissures in the fragile gypsum base underneath the dam, though no one can predict when a breach might occur. ...

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#Iraq #Isis #Mosul # barrage

Shopping in Mosul - reminds me of Wall Mart, with IS flags

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#Boko_Haram Members Killed in #Mosul

Saed Mamuzini, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Mosul spokesperson told BasNews that the Mosul Youth Resistance Movement, which was recently formed to act against Islamic State (IS) in Mosul, attacked the Boko Haram insurgents in the Dargaza neighbourhood of eastern Mosul today, killing 5 insurgents.

▻http://www.basnews.com/en/news/2015/05/13/boko-haram-members-killed-in-mosul
#Mosoul #ISIS #EI #Etat_islamique

#ISIS Bulldozes Ancient Assyrian City: Iraqi Gov’t
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/isis-bulldozes-ancient-assyrian-city-iraqi-gov%E2%80%99t

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A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning a statue of winged bull at an archeological site in #Nimrud, 35 Kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the northern city of #Mosul. AFP/Karim Sahib A file picture taken on July 17, 2001 shows Iraqi workers cleaning a statue of winged bull at an archeological site in Nimrud, 35 Kilometers (22 miles) southeast of the northern city of Mosul. AFP/Karim Sahib

The Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has begun bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists’ latest attack on the country’s historical #heritage. ISIS “assaulted the historic city of Nimrud and bulldozed it with heavy vehicles,” the tourism and (...)

#ancient_city #artifacts #Assyrians #Diyala #Hatra #museum #Samarra #Tikrit #UNESCO

#ISIS Torches #Oil Field East of #Tikrit as Iraqi Army Pushes #Mosul Offensive Forward
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/isis-torches-oil-field-east-tikrit-iraqi-army-pushes-mosul-offens

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Iraqi government forces and allied militias gesture as they hold the national flag in the northern part of Diyala province, bordering #Salahuddin province, as they take part in an assault to retake the city of Tikrit from jihadists of the Islamic State of #Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, on March 4, 2015. AFP/Younis al-Bayati Iraqi government forces and allied militias gesture as they hold the national flag in the northern part of Diyala province, bordering Salahuddin province, as they take part in an assault to retake the city of Tikrit from jihadists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, on March 4, 2015. AFP/Younis al-Bayati

Updated at 3:40 am/pm (GMT+ 2): Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants (...)

#Ajil #al-Alam #al-Dour #Ben_Hodges #Daesh #oil_field #US-led_coalition

#turkey Pushing for Own ‘Popular Mobilization’ Militia in #Iraq
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/24045

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Turkey is investing in the upcoming battle for the liberation of #Mosul to expand its influence in Iraq. An increasing number of credible reports indicate this course of action, in the aftermath of the operation launched by the Iraqi government to retake Tikrit (the last major stronghold for Daesh before Mosul), with support from the Iranian #Qods_Force led by General #Qassem_Soleimani.

#Articles #ISIS #syria #Mideast_&_North_Africa

Fourteen #Kurds killed fighting off #ISIS near #Mosul
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/fourteen-kurds-killed-fighting-isis-near-mosul

Kurdish troops fought off a jihadi attack on an oil facility and a dam near the Iraqi city of Mosul but lost 14 of their number in intense combat, Kurdish sources said Saturday. The Islamic State, which controls the northern city, “attacked a peshmerga post in Zumar (Friday) and a fierce battle erupted,” an official in the Patriotic Union of #Kurdistan told AFP. He said 14 peshmerga fighters were killed, a toll confirmed by a senior officer in the Kurdish force. The PUK official said the peshmerga killed “around 100” IS fighters and captured 38 in a battle that lasted several hours. read more

#Iraq

#Mosul: The capital of the Islamic State and its breadbasket
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/mosul-capital-islamic-state-and-its-breadbasket

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A picture taken on April 9, 2001 shows an Iraqi man standing in front of the al-Hadba mosque built 900 years ago in the city of Mosul, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad. (Photo: AFP-Karim Sahib) A picture taken on April 9, 2001 shows an Iraqi man standing in front of the al-Hadba mosque built 900 years ago in the city of Mosul, 400 kilometers north of Baghdad. (Photo: AFP-Karim Sahib)

The city of Mosul #IS living a nightmare under the rule of the Islamic State. The tyrannical laws implemented by the group have made living in the city unbearable, pending the promised day of liberation that remains elusive.

Delshad Hamid

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#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi #al-Hisbah #Articles #Iraq

Islamic State orders female genital mutilation in Mosul
(m-à-j 3 heures plus tard : semble être un hoax, voir discussions ci-dessous)
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/islamic-state-orders-female-genital-mutilation-mosul

Militant group Islamic State has ordered all girls and women in and around Iraq’s northern city of Mosul to undergo female genital mutilation, the United Nations said on Thursday.

The “fatwa” issued by the Sunni Muslim fighters would potentially affect 4 million women and girls, U.N. resident and humanitarian coordinator in Iraq Jacqueline Badcock told reporters in Geneva by videolink from Arbil.

“This is something very new for Iraq, particularly in this area, and is of grave concern and does need to be addressed,” she said.

Christian leaders express shock at world silence after #ISIS expels Iraqi Christians
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/christian-leaders-express-shock-world-silence-after-isis-expels-i

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Iraqi Christians pray during a mass at the Saint-Joseph church in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern #Iraq, on July 20, 2014.(Photo: AFP-Safin Hamed) Iraqi Christians pray during a mass at the Saint-Joseph church in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 20, 2014.(Photo: AFP-Safin Hamed)

The patriarchal residence in the town of #Atchanah in #Lebanon’s Metn region brought together yesterday representatives of the churches of #Mosul five days after the Islamic State of Iraq and #syria (ISIS) forced Iraqi Christians out of the city. This is the first time that Mosul’s Christian population has been driven out of the city and is the largest forced displacement since (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Armenian_genocide #Articles #Assyrian_Church #Chaldean_Church #Churches_of_the_East #Gaza #Ignatius_Aphrem_II #Kurdistan #Raqqa #Syriac_Orthodox_Church #turkey

Baghdadi attacks Gulf leaders in taped sermon, world powers mull response to #ISIS threat
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/baghdadi-attacks-gulf-leaders-taped-sermon-world-powers-mull-resp

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An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, #Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of #Mosul. (Photo: AFP-al-Furqan Media) An image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. (Photo: AFP-al-Furqan Media)

There was no mention of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #Iran #Iraq #Nour_al-Maliki #Omar_ibn_al-Khattab #Russia #Shia #Sunni #syria #US

Forty-six Indian nurses trapped in #Mosul to be freed
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/forty-six-indian-nurses-trapped-mosul-be-freed

A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in #Iraq's weeks-long conflict are to be freed and will head to the Kurdish regional capital Erbil, one of the nurses told AFP Friday. “Some here ... they are saying ... we will go to Erbil,” Tincy Thomas told AFP by telephone, adding that the group had recently been moved to the militant-held city of Mosul. An Indian diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the group were expected later on Friday in Erbil, which is a short drive from Mosul but has been insulated from the unrest. read more

#ISIS

Iraqi soldiers beat Bangladeshi #Workers for “sympathizing” with jihadis
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iraqi-soldiers-beat-bangladeshi-workers-sympathizing-jihadis

Hundreds of Bangladeshi construction workers have been beaten and humiliated by soldiers in #Iraq after becoming dragged into their host country’s sectarian conflict, two of their colleagues said Thursday. Some had their beards shaved off by the troops after being accused of sympathizing with Sunni insurgents while one of them was stripped naked, according to the men after they returned home. read more

#Bangladesh #ISIS #Mosul

#ISIS poses a threat to #Iraq’s #Economy
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/isis-poses-threat-iraq%E2%80%99s-economy

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This photo taken on February 3, 2009, shows an engineer walking past chimneys at the Barjisiya oil fields in Zubair One south west of the city of #Basra, 550 kms from #Baghdad. (Photo: AFP-Essam al-Sudani) This photo taken on February 3, 2009, shows an engineer walking past chimneys at the Barjisiya oil fields in Zubair One south west of the city of Basra, 550 kms from Baghdad. (Photo: AFP-Essam al-Sudani)

It was a historic moment in 2011 that brought many questions and challenges too: Iraq’s output had crossed the threshold of 2.5 million barrels per day, for the first time since President Saddam Hussein was overthrown. This coincided with the completion of U.S. military withdrawal, following a strict timetable. (...)

#Articles #Iraqi_economy #Lebanese_economy #Lebanon #Mosul

#al-Qaeda affiliates keeping a watchful eye on #ISIS' conquests
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/al-qaeda-affiliates-keeping-watchful-eye-isis-conquests

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A file image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on August 23, 2013 allegedly shows a member of Ussud Al-Anbar (Anbar Lions), a Jihadist group affiliated to the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, holding up the trademark black and white Islamist flag at an undisclosed location in Iraq’s Anbar province. (Photo-AFP/Youtube) A file image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on August 23, 2013 allegedly shows a member of Ussud Al-Anbar (Anbar Lions), a Jihadist group affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, holding up the trademark black and white Islamist flag at an undisclosed location in Iraq’s Anbar province. (Photo-AFP/Youtube) (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Abu_Bakr_al-Baghdadi #Abudallah_Azzam_Brigades #Al-Nusra_Front #al-Zawahiri #Articles #Ayman #Baghdad #Caliphate #Homs #Lebanon #Mosul #syria

Iraq: Signs of disagreement emerge between #ISIS and the Baath
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/20199

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An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) driving on a street at unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP-Welayat Salaheddin) An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) driving on a street at unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP-Welayat Salaheddin)

The mask has fallen. #Mosul is governed by former officers of the old army and the Islamic State in Iraq and #syria (ISIS) controls the top administrative positions in the city. Three days were sufficient to uncover the (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #al-Qaeda #Articles #Baath_Party #Hashem_al-Jammas #Naqshbandiyya_movement #Revolutionaries_Military_Council

Coverage of #ISIS in #Iraq plagued by rumors and misreporting
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/20197

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An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) riding in a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP / Welayat Salahuddin) An image uploaded on June 14, 2014 on the jihadist website Welayat Salahuddin allegedly shows militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) riding in a captured vehicle left behind by Iraqi security forces at an unknown location in the Salaheddin province. (Photo: AFP / Welayat Salahuddin)

Chaos, incitement and sectarian instigation… that is the prevailing situation of Arab and Iraqi media outlets covering the (...)

#Culture_&_Society #Arab_Media #Articles #Mosul #Nouri_al-Maliki #press_freedom #Salah_ad_Din

The Fall of Mosul and the False Promises of Modern History

The fall of #Mosul to the radical, extremist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (#ISIS) is a set of historical indictments. Mosul is Iraq’s second largest city, population roughly 2 million (think Houston) until today, when much of the population was fleeing. While this would-be al-Qaeda affiliate took part of Falluja and Ramadi last winter, those are smaller, less consequential places and in Falluja tribal elders persuaded the prime minister not to commit the national army to reducing the city.

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▻http://www.juancole.com/2014/06/promises-modern-history.html

#Irak #carte #visualisation

#Iraq: Understanding the coup in #Mosul and its consequences
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/iraq-understanding-coup-mosul-and-its-consequences

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Iraqi men take part in a demonstration to show their support for the call to arms by Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in the city of Najaf on June 13, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Haider Hamdani) Iraqi men take part in a demonstration to show their support for the call to arms by Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in the city of Najaf on June 13, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Haider Hamdani)

There is a huge difference between the conspiratorial interpretation of events and the interpretation of an actual conspiracy, which many tend to overlook, namely, that the former is a subjective view that holds everything is a plot by the enemies – where even sand storms that hit Iraq could be a conspiracy – while explaining an (...)

#Opinion #Articles #Baathists #Baghdad #ISIS #Nineveh #Nouri_al-Maliki #Salah_al-Din

Why did the Iraqi army collapse in #Mosul?
▻http://english.al-akhbar.com/node/20164

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A picture taken with a mobile phone shows an armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames on June 10, 2014, after hundreds of militants from the Islamic State of #Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul. (Photo: AFP) A picture taken with a mobile phone shows an armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames on June 10, 2014, after hundreds of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul. (Photo: AFP)

The suspicious collapse of the Iraqi army in the face of #ISIS’s onslaught has raised many questions as to why its 600,000 soldiers have disappeared into thin air, as well as (...)

#Mideast_&_North_Africa #Articles #Baghdad #Corruption #Iran #Nouri_al-Maliki #People’s_Army_of_Iraq