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Three Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company Marines recently taught Iraqi troops how to call in fire support, according to Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve.

The Marines from 4th ANGLICO deployed from Jordan to Al Taqaddum Air Base, where they conducted forward observer training with artillery and infantry officers from the 1st, 8th and 10th Iraqi army divisions, which make up the Anbar Operations Command, the task force told Marine Corps Times.

“The course was progressive and included utilizing the Iraqi call for fire, which is different from the U.S. call for fire,” according to the task force. “The idea was to make them proficient in their own techniques rather than forcing a U.S. system on them that they wouldn't use.

“After classroom time, the students moved to observation positions and then used digital training aids such as a computer simulator to practice adjusting fires and utilizing proper communications procedures. To finish off the course, the Iraqi observers called in live fire missions supported by army artillery fire.”

Army Maj. Gen. Joseph Martin, head of Combined Joint Forces Land Component Command, tweeted pictures of the Marines and Iraqi troops on March 25.

The three Marines were in Iraq as part of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, according to the task force. ANGLICO teams consist of a total of five Marines — the other two Marines in the team are supporting other missions in the fight against Islamic State fighters.

“We had great success with the course, so we'll look to replicate it again in the future and ask for follow on support,” the task force said.

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The raid targeted several houses in Al-Yarmouk neighborhood, which was recently recaptured from Daesh terrorist group in western Mosul, pilot Yazan al-Duberdani told Anadolu Agency.

"The strike left 17 people injured, mostly seriously," he said.
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Iraqi troops retakes another district in western Mosul


by Nehal Mustafa
Apr 20, 2017, 4:43 pm



Iraqi troops raise the Iraqi flag on a liberated area in Mosul

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi troops have freed al-Nasr district in western Mosul, Nineveh Operations declared.

In a statement on Thursday, Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah said “The army’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) liberated al-Nasr district in the western side of Mosul before raising the Iraqi flag on its buildings.”

Yarallah indicated inflicting losses in lives and property on the Islamic State.

Earlier on Thursday, the Joint Operations Command declared recapturing al-Thawra district in the west of the city, ending intense encounters with Islamic State militants that started on Friday. The announcement came hours after forces recaptured al-Thawra al-Oula, a first section of the neighborhood.

On Wednesday, Interior Ministry’s Rapid Response forces announced recapturing 30 percent of the Old City. Only six districts in western Mosul are still held by Islamic State as Iraqi troops liberated most of the districts, Counter-Terrorism Service declared on the same day.

Previously,The Joint Operations Command previously said IS militants were only in control over 6.8 percent of territory of Iraq and that government troops were controlling 60 percent of the western side of Mosul.

Iraqi forces took over the eastern side of Mosul in January after three months of fighting with Islamic State. A new offensive was launched in February to retake the western region.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraqi-troops-retakes-another-district-western-mosul/

Iraqi F16 fighter jets destroy 4 explosives plants in Nineveh


by Loaa Adel
Apr 20, 2017, 3:46 pm


Iraqi F16 aircraft. File photo.
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s War Media Cell announced, on Thursday, that dozens of the Islamic State members were killed and four explosives plants were destroyed by F16 fighter jets air strikes, west of Mosul.

The cell said in a statement, “Today, F16 fighter jets carried out several air strikes on Tal Afar District, destroying 3 explosives plants and a hideout belonging to the Islamic State, as well as killing dozens of militants.”

“The air strike also destroyed another explosives plant in al-Mahlabiyah area, west of Mosul,” the statement added.

The statement also revealed that the air strike was carried out based on accurate information obtained from ‘We Are Coming, Nineveh’ Intelligence Cell.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraqi-f16-fighter-jets-destroy-4-explosives-plants-nineveh/

IS members including leaders, Baghdadi’s relative killed in western Mosul


by Nehal Mustafa
Apr 20, 2017, 1:17 pm

Federal police members aim their weapons at a man, whom they thought was a member of Islamic State but later turned out to be mentally handicapped, during a battle with Islamic State fighters at Bab al Beed district in the old city of Mosul REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal

Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police has declared killing a relative of Islamic State supreme leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and other group leaders in western Mosul.

“The troops targeted IS leaders through shelling,” Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, chief of Federal Police, said in a statement. “The forces killed abu Baraa al-Daghestani, a military official, and his aide abu Abd al-Rahman al-Zemari in al-Jisr al-Khames region, north of the Old City.”

Moreover, Jawdat declared “killing of Abdullah al-Husseini, a relative of Baghdadi, Khaled Ali Nada, minister of zakat, and Blood Judge [executioner judge] called abu Hussein as they were targeted in al-Zanjili district.”

In related news, Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi, known as Public Mobilization Units (PMUs), announced killing five IS members in the west of Mosul.

“The 28th brigade noticed five IS members while trying to infiltrate in the vicinity of Tal Abta within the forces’ operations unit,” the troops said in a statement adding “they were killed immediately.”

Islamic State has lost many of its senior commanders since operations launched to retake the western side of Mosul.

On Wednesday, Iraqi security forces announced controlling 30 percent of western Mosul’s Old City.

Iraqi troops, backed by U.S.-led coalition, recaptured eastern Mosul in January after an offensive was launched in mid-October. A new offensive was launched in February to retake the western side of the city.

http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/members-including-leaders-baghdadis-relative-killed-western-mosul/

Great news.
 
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Why are the Iraqis so slow in liberating the last part of Mosul? Any particular reason?
 
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Why are the Iraqis so slow in liberating the last part of Mosul? Any particular reason?
For 2 reasons first civilians in the way second they are against many players the incident of bombing civilians by planes to blame the armed forces like a month ago can happen again so they take it easy and slowly.
 
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At least 14 Iraqi policemen were killed in a spate of suicide bombings in western Mosul on Saturday, according to a local police officer.

Six Daesh bombers blew up themselves in Bab al-Toub district in Mosul's Old City with Daesh militants seizing control of two buildings in the area where federal police personnel were stationed, First Lieutenant Harith Kazim told Anadolu Agency.

"Fourteen police personnel were killed and 20 others injured in the attacks," he said.

He said Iraqi police forces managed to recapture the two buildings after the intervention of the Iraqi warplanes, killing 17 militants.

Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities relieved general Ali al-Lami, the commander of the federal police's 5th Battalion, of his duties over "security breaches" in Mosul's Old City, according to police officer Ahmed al-Jabouri.

In October, the Iraqi army -- backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes and local allies on the ground -- began a wide-ranging operation to retake Mosul, Daesh’s last bastion in northern Iraq, which the militant group overran in 2014.
 
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