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originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: r0xor
SO I notice Rudaw has its own live stream now. The black haze lingers over the city. That # must suck right about now.
According to the news agency, the attack took place near the village of Bilawet, as Iraqi troops advanced towards Mosul to liberate it from Daesh fighters.
The suicide bomber was reportedly a member of the terrorist organization, also knows as the Islamic State.
sadly, I am heading into work. Hopefully I can catch some more tonight on Kurdistan24 and watch mosul city live.
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
a reply to: Theprimevoyager
it is night time now and the stream has picked up again on a different video
And some coverage by the BBC embedded with the Kurds
In a statement on Monday morning, the American general in charge of the coalition’s war in Iraq and Syria, Lt Gen Stephen Townsend, openly acknowledged the presence of “forward air controllers” amongst the US “advisory” contributions to the battle. Battle for Mosul: Isis city under attack from Iraqi and Kurdish forces – as it happened The Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga fighters are converging on Iraq’s second-largest city, which has been in the hands of Islamic State since 2014 Read more Those controllers – known as Joint Terminal Air Controllers, or Jtacs, and drawn from US special operations forces – are the troops on the ground who spot for airstrikes, in an attempt to ensure greater accuracy of aerial bombardment. Their presence indicates that US troops, while not formally in a combat role, are on the frontlines and willing to use substantial airpower on Iraq’s second city.
“Jtacs are the difference between precision bombing and area bombing,” said Christopher Harmer, a former US navy pilot who said their presence indicated the US was willing to “incur casualties” in Mosul.
“With Jtacs, you can select individual targets in real time and accurately strike them. Without Jtacs, you can only bomb a general area and hope for success.”
The UK and France are also believed to have their own special forces involved in retaking Mosul. Earlier this month, two French special operations forces training peshmerga were seriously injured by a jury-rigged Isis drone which exploded after crashing near them in Dohuk, 46 miles (75km) north of the city.
originally posted by: worldstarcountry
Footage shows coalition airstrike on ISIS 'car bomb factory' in Mosul