Iraq: Out of the desert into Mosul (closed)

[JWing]

ISIS took a major army base and air force base in Mosul and also the Baiji repair/supply depot of the army. Has captured 2 helicopters and hundreds of humvees, trucks, etc. Also just took the Baiji refinery and power station two of the largest in northern Iraq.

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[jcustis]

ISIS took a major army base and air force base in Mosul and also the Baiji repair/supply depot of the army. Has captured 2 helicopters and hundreds of humvees, trucks, etc. Also just took the Baiji refinery and power station two of the largest in northern Iraq.

What an absolute sh*t show.

[JWing]

Here's my latest on ISIS advance south from Mosul into Salahaddin and Kirkuk and the collapse of the security forces

http://musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/20...-uprising.html

[JWing]

ISIS was claiming that it took Baiji refinery and power plant yesterday but now it appears that is contested. The peshmerga has also pushed to the outskirts of Mosul and gotten into some firefights with ISIS.

[JWing]

Reports and pictures of ISIS taking Tikrit. More reports of Iraqi forces folding up shop and fleeing without even putting up a fight. Looks like we might be heading for a battle of Baghdad much quickly then I thought.