Recapture Mosul - Began the great operation against the ISIS
The attack on the recapture of Mosul, the main bulwark of the Islamic State in Iraq is an extremely complex operation involving forces of the Iraqi army, foreign forces and local armed militias with different, if not conflicting interests.
The battle began, but nobody is able to predict how long it will take the military and Iraqi security forces to penetrate the second largest Iraqi city, to oust the forces jihadists, some of which will fortify hidden among the population and to take control of the city.
Delayed start of operation
The beginning of the attack was announced several times and then postponed from March 2016, when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abad urged his forces to liberate the province of Nineveh, the capital of which is Mosul.
Without air support the forces of the international coalition against the Islamic State, led by the United States, and Iran's participation through the presence of paramilitary armed forces supported on the ground by the Iranian military forces have launched from March to reach Mosul from its base Machmour located 20 km from the ranks of the Islamic State forces. At the same time, the forces of peshmerga, the security forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, promoted from north to Mosul.
disparate forces
In business part of Mosul: Iraqi army, Iraqi counterterrorism units, units of the federal and local police, Shiite militias who obey the orders of Tehran, Kurds permergka, Turkey, the United States and the international coalition countries .. .
Iraqi military forces able to rely on air cover forces of the international coalition and in sending additional 600 US military, a total of 4,600 deployed in Iraq from Washington.
Present also Turkish soldiers at a military base near Mosul and Kurdistan. Their presence is one of the first items that invoke experts to explain the delay in starting the business: Baghdad demanded their withdrawal, but Turkey wants urgently to participate in order to be able to limit the strengthening of power Kurds on its borders and in order to restore some degree of influence in the Mosul region and the wealth of sources. The peshmerga have been promoted beyond the borders of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan and Ankara is concerned that Shiite militias that support Abbado and under the influence of Tehran move towards the majority Sunni Mosul.
The involvement of Shiite militias in business recapture of Mosul has created concern among both Iraqi officials and relief organizations for religious reprisals.
The Shiite militias have been accused by the United Nations for murders and kidnappings in some of the areas recaptured from the Islamic State. Their presence on the front line is not shared by the Sunni populations and Iraqi authorities want to keep them away from the battlefield in Mosul.
Tactic
How to make the recapture of Mosul by the jihadists? In the last stages of the battle will be the way the road 3000-4500 against militants of the Islamic State, according to estimates by the international coalition, in a city of 1.5 million inhabitants for which the UN fears humanitarian tragedy.
Iraqi forces if they follow the practice followed in Tikrit and Ramadi, in March 2015 and February 2016 respectively, will encircle the city before the final assault. The elite forces of counter-terrorism units in Iraq may be located again at the forefront.
Before you enter to occupy the center of Mosul, the Iranian forces should penetrate in territory under the control of the Islamic State to a length of several kilometers.
The coalition forces will have to deal with forces of jihadist who had given two years to prepare their defense in their last bastion. It is very likely that they will use snipers, car bombs and that would mine laying the ground to delay the advance of Iraqi forces.
Against coalition attacks, the Islamic State is likely to use the civilian population as a shield.
The attack on the recapture of Mosul, the main bulwark of the Islamic State in Iraq is an extremely complex operation involving forces of the Iraqi army, foreign forces and local armed militias with different, if not conflicting interests.
The battle began, but nobody is able to predict how long it will take the military and Iraqi security forces to penetrate the second largest Iraqi city, to oust the forces jihadists, some of which will fortify hidden among the population and to take control of the city.
Delayed start of operation
The beginning of the attack was announced several times and then postponed from March 2016, when Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abad urged his forces to liberate the province of Nineveh, the capital of which is Mosul.
Without air support the forces of the international coalition against the Islamic State, led by the United States, and Iran's participation through the presence of paramilitary armed forces supported on the ground by the Iranian military forces have launched from March to reach Mosul from its base Machmour located 20 km from the ranks of the Islamic State forces. At the same time, the forces of peshmerga, the security forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, promoted from north to Mosul.
disparate forces
In business part of Mosul: Iraqi army, Iraqi counterterrorism units, units of the federal and local police, Shiite militias who obey the orders of Tehran, Kurds permergka, Turkey, the United States and the international coalition countries .. .
Iraqi military forces able to rely on air cover forces of the international coalition and in sending additional 600 US military, a total of 4,600 deployed in Iraq from Washington.
Present also Turkish soldiers at a military base near Mosul and Kurdistan. Their presence is one of the first items that invoke experts to explain the delay in starting the business: Baghdad demanded their withdrawal, but Turkey wants urgently to participate in order to be able to limit the strengthening of power Kurds on its borders and in order to restore some degree of influence in the Mosul region and the wealth of sources. The peshmerga have been promoted beyond the borders of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan and Ankara is concerned that Shiite militias that support Abbado and under the influence of Tehran move towards the majority Sunni Mosul.
The involvement of Shiite militias in business recapture of Mosul has created concern among both Iraqi officials and relief organizations for religious reprisals.
The Shiite militias have been accused by the United Nations for murders and kidnappings in some of the areas recaptured from the Islamic State. Their presence on the front line is not shared by the Sunni populations and Iraqi authorities want to keep them away from the battlefield in Mosul.
Tactic
How to make the recapture of Mosul by the jihadists? In the last stages of the battle will be the way the road 3000-4500 against militants of the Islamic State, according to estimates by the international coalition, in a city of 1.5 million inhabitants for which the UN fears humanitarian tragedy.
Iraqi forces if they follow the practice followed in Tikrit and Ramadi, in March 2015 and February 2016 respectively, will encircle the city before the final assault. The elite forces of counter-terrorism units in Iraq may be located again at the forefront.
Before you enter to occupy the center of Mosul, the Iranian forces should penetrate in territory under the control of the Islamic State to a length of several kilometers.
The coalition forces will have to deal with forces of jihadist who had given two years to prepare their defense in their last bastion. It is very likely that they will use snipers, car bombs and that would mine laying the ground to delay the advance of Iraqi forces.
Against coalition attacks, the Islamic State is likely to use the civilian population as a shield.
