What You Aren’t Being Told About The Mosul Offensive

The long awaited push to drive ISIS from Mosul in northern Iraq has begun and is believed will end with the terrorists relocating to Syria. In the fog of war ISIS will magically appear in Syria unscathed, to fight Russia, Assad and Iranian Hezbollah, all purportedly unfriendly foes of the US. Iraq has officially begun a U.S.-backed offensive to drive ISIS from the Iraqi city of Mosul, the terror group’s last major stronghold in the country. The operation will be likely be assisted and supported by Iranian-backed militias. Turkey has also expressed a strong interest in joining the fight despite the fact Iraq told Turkey directly they do not want their assistance. Anti Media: In 2014, ISIS claimed Mosul, a city with a population of 1.5 million people, and has since used it to expand their caliphate. When the terror group seized this territory two years ago, the U.S. air force was nowhere to be seen, even when ISIS stole American-made military vehicles and flaunted their advances on social media. This latest offensive is expected to spell a major defeat for ISIS in Iraq, and the implications of this could spell the end of the terror group’s reign, which would undoubtedly be [...]

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