Battle for Western #Mosul
“It Smells of Corpses” – Reports from the Battle of Western Mosul as it Happens.
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BBC corespondent on the ground in #Mosul says they’ve not seen any civilians during 2 days of operations to “Liberate Mosul” everyone’s fled https://twitter.com/sommervillebbc/status/833662672222707712 …
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Just birdsong here now. I’d almost call it peaceful. But we have to move on, it’s not safe. pic.twitter.com/Zf1j7xgD0e -
#CombatFootage: Quentin Sommerville’s report from the battle for western Mosul yesterday. | http://ift.tt/2lAncaA pic.twitter.com/4XnIxCygSs -
From Syria, he was armed with an M16, an AK47 and had four hand grenades inc 1 in his hand. His leg was badly lacerated from the airstrike pic.twitter.com/L1J4fLlVXm -
#bbc Iraqi forces ‘within sight’ of IS stronghold of Mosul: The BBC’s Quentin Sommerville… https://goo.gl/fb/5oAmHs
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From the second shadow he opened fire on the ERD forces. The killed him ten minutes ago. He’s still bleeding. pic.twitter.com/WPTiv7RuNI -
Further along the path… one of the IS fighters crawled out alive. pic.twitter.com/J0oDiLf34h -
Here an airstrike by the Tigris on an IS position pic.twitter.com/85pTq2a6i5 -
Just to the right, another dead IS fighter he appears to have crawled out and died here, he has a head wound and extensive shrapnel damage pic.twitter.com/oTSPG4UWLs -
It’s smells of corpses. To the left of the frame the hand of a dead boy, an IS fighter pic.twitter.com/Wg0itZCQMY -
One thing IS always seem to leave behind when they vacate is a phone charger. That must be annoying. pic.twitter.com/cWjD7HwILQ -
Stiffer resistance inside Albu Saif, IS RPG attack early in the assault. pic.twitter.com/ti6vZAp6i2
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Graphic. Motorbike in the foreground, dead IS fighter to the left, and at the rear. Looks like an airstrike. Possibly cannon fire. pic.twitter.com/TNM7jj30MP
Photo: US Army M109A6 Paladin at Qayyarah West, Battle of Mosul, 16 Oct 2016.
Photo: US Army M109A6 Paladin at Qayyarah West, Battle of Mosul, 16 Oct 2016.