Iraq forces brace for Mosul attack by Nabih Bulos

Source: Los Angeles Times
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2017
Article: Iraq forces brace for Mosul attack
Writer: Nabih Bulos
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1. The Tigris River runs through Mosul.
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3. A U.S. led coalition bombed the 5 bridges connecting Mosul’s two sides.
4. The Golden Division is an elite U.S. trained group.
5. Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service is also known as the Golden Division.
6. American and Canadian special forces operate reconnaissance drones from trucks.
7. The Mosul Airport is seven miles from the city’s eastern part.
8. It took 100 days for Iraqi forces to take over the eastern half of the city.
9. Col. Mohammad Wakaa, a spokesman with Nineveh Operations Command, says there are roughly 400 die-hard combatants on the Western side.
10. 750,000 to 800,000 live in western Mosul according to the United Nations.
11. Lise Grande is the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Iraq.
12. 400,000 people live in the old city quarter.
13. Nouri Maliki is Iraqi’s Prime Minister’s.