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söndag, februari 22, 2015


Kurdish pesh merga forces north of Mosul last month. Reclaiming the city will require up to 25,000 Iraqi and Kurdish troops, U.S. officials said.
Battle to Retake Iraqi City Looms as Test of Obama's ISIS Strategy

By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ERIC SCHMITT

American intelligence agencies and the Pentagon are struggling to determine how difficult it will be to retake Mosul, the Islamic State's de facto capital in Iraq, as planning intensifies for a battle there.

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