Fighting over Mosul Dam

Via the BBC:  Iraq crisis: Military claims control of Mosul dam

Iraqi military spokesman Lt-Gen Qassim Atta told state TV the dam – Iraq’s largest – had been "fully cleansed".

Troops had been backed by a joint air patrol, he added, without specifying if there had been any US air strikes.

However, journalists in the area said fighting was continuing and jihadists remained in control of the main gate.

The piece has some useful maps that are wroth a click.

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Comments

  1. michael reynolds says:

    ISIS, airpower. Airpower, ISIS. I’m sure you two will get along wonderfully.