US newspaper: Abadi confident to achieve a quick victory in Mosul unrealistic





04/01/2017 (0:01 pm) - The number of readings: 280 - Issue (3817)




Iraqi troops launched a big change during the offensive to restore Daesh of Mosul, where I took precedence over new fronts federal police and plunged into battle after he suffered losses as a result of anti-Daesh attacks.

The Iraqi army has announced a multi-pronged attack on the neighborhoods of the northern, eastern, southern and western city in an attempt to cut off funding for the group of new arms and fighters.

Over the past week the Iraqi army began using heavy artillery in densely city despite the risks to civilians, as troops moved from Baghdad and other areas to support anti-terrorism forces, where they were moving the 4 thousands of federal police officers from the capital and south of Mosul to support the fighting east of Mosul.

These changes came after a series of counter-attacks from affecting Daesh group that raised questions about the battle plan and about the military's ability to secure other urban centers, including the capital Baghdad.

Says MP Alexander and berries, a member of the parliamentary Committee on Security and Defense, "Mosul fight has turned into a war of attrition, this would negatively affect the security situation in Iraq."

Over more than two weeks, Iraqi forces stopped in order to re-supply and repair wheels and rotate forces, as forces trying to secure areas liberated by the time you defend it against militant attacks.

Re-evaluation is about the anti-terrorism forces, trained by the Americans and was leading the attack east of Mosul and has made successful efforts to restore areas of Daesh, and suffered heavy casualties in Mosul.

During this week, the team commander Abdul Ghani al-Asadi said the units began using artillery east of Mosul for the first time after the government canceled the preliminary objections when faltering attack.

Iraqi army and the government did not announce the number of losses, but the medical staff and Iraqi politicians and US officials said the number of victims exceeded the previous battles against Daesh because of the size of Mosul, security forces and the number of fighters Daesh stationed there.

The US official said: "We know that they suffer many losses, the matter is difficult for them". Since the start of the process of Mosul in October 201 617, the international coalition to strike Daesh enormous numbers of types of gear in support of Iraqi forces, according to a statement of the alliance Thursday.

Colonel Fadhil Arkan, who is coordinating air strikes with US forces, said the loss of personnel and equipment were acceptable at the rate compared to the intensity of the battle. "

The Prime Minister said Haider al-Abadi said the redeployment of forces is part of the battle plan, but military senior leaders and politicians say that excessive confidence in the military victory fast, as predicted at the outset that victory will be achieved by the end of 2016, while recently said that the expulsion of Daesh of all throughout Iraq will take another three months, he said an assessment by the leaders and analysts as unrealistic due to the size of the connector and the intensity of the fighting.

A senior commander of the rapid reaction brigade "The militants are fighting today Daesh to death." The force has made rapid progress south of Mosul, but moved to the East because of its expertise.

Iraqi special forces and trying to compensate for lumbering armored military units. In the seventh of December, in the ninth Armored Division entered the city sent dozens of armored wheeled and tanks to restore peace southeast Mosul hospital compound, where the gunmen used their headquarters.

When night fell, flipped wave, where dozens of gunmen came out with explosive belts from a network of tunnels, while it rained mortars and snipers fired on soldiers trapped.

Asadi team sent two secret - wheel 30 and 150 fighters - to rescue the soldiers and the gunmen hit by the withdrawal of two regiments and a brigade of the ninth band. The fighting took seven hours and cost the lives of 13 militants and destroyed dozens of wheels.

Asadi team "and said the incident forced us to return our calculations, participation of an armored division in the street fighting were not wise, as the tank wandering in the street and you're like walking blindfolded."

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