Kudos to the Kurds.
Kurdish forces seize bridgeheads from ISIL - US
09/02/2015 | 08:24 PM | World News
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by targeted airstrikes by US-led coalition, seized three bridgeheads on the west bank of the Tigris River, north of Mosul in Iraq, from ISIL militants, the US army confirmed Monday.
"From February 6 to 8, in support of the Government of Iraq's (GOI) campaign to defeat ISIL, the Coalition executed four close air support airstrikes to facilitate the maneuver of the Kurdish Security Forces and their successful attack," the Combined Joint Task Force for Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement.
"Kurdish Peshmerga Forces now hold the gains they have made and are postured to retake additional territory from Daesh in the vicinity of Mosul," it added.
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Kurdish forces seize bridgeheads from ISIL - US
09/02/2015 | 08:24 PM | World News
WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (KUNA) -- Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by targeted airstrikes by US-led coalition, seized three bridgeheads on the west bank of the Tigris River, north of Mosul in Iraq, from ISIL militants, the US army confirmed Monday.
"From February 6 to 8, in support of the Government of Iraq's (GOI) campaign to defeat ISIL, the Coalition executed four close air support airstrikes to facilitate the maneuver of the Kurdish Security Forces and their successful attack," the Combined Joint Task Force for Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR) said in a statement.
"Kurdish Peshmerga Forces now hold the gains they have made and are postured to retake additional territory from Daesh in the vicinity of Mosul," it added.
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KUNA Kurdish forces seize bridgeheads from ISIL - US - Military - 09 02 2015
