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	<title>Bashdar Pusho Ismaeel &#187; mosul</title>
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		<title>There was never an ideal time in eliminating IS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the Islamic State (IS) entrenched in Mosul and parts of Iraq since 2014, its reign of terror in Iraq’s second largest city has been almost unhindered. So when the long-awaited battle to liberate the city finally arrived, for many it could not have come soon enough, yet others argue that the battle could have [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkish jockeying for influence in Iraq</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the much anticipated battle for Mosul final began, the number of parties vying for a key role in the battle underscores the diverse and complicated ethno-sectarian landscape. Turkey, determined to protect its own interests, is intent on playing a key hand. However, relations between Ankara and Baghdad have become frosty and fueled by mistrust, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The liberation of Mosul rest on the Kurds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the liberation of Ramadi, Tikrit, Sinjar and more recently Manbij in Syria proved painful and tricky leading to streams of refugees, then Mosul will prove much worse. Islamic State (IS) has held Mosul for over two years. If the liberation was anything other than bloody and complicated, then it would not have taken months [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Post IS reality in Mosul as tricky as the protracted liberation of the city</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2016 08:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It took the Islamic State (IS) just days to seize Mosul and large swathes of territory, yet the Iraqi forces and the US-led coalition have been planning or trying to liberate Mosul for several months. As Iraqis were caught up in the prolonged planning for the liberation of the city and the protracted training of [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As Iraq prepares for Mosul battle, sentiments in post-Islamic State Iraq unlikely to change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fasting approach a year since the Islamic State (IS) darted across the Syrian desert to rapidly occupy Mosul, this week an official from the U.S. Central Command laid out plans for a spring offensive on the city involving Kurdish and Iraqi forces. The five Iraqi brigades expected to spearhead the attack are subject of frantic [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>As ISIS maneuverers to extinguish Yezidi and Christian communities around Mosul, it’s not only Iraqi borders at threat of vanishing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the unique features of Iraq was always its rich ethnic, religious and cultural diversity that spanned thousands of years and across multiple civilisations. Religious co-existence generally prevailed until the fall of Saddam and the rise of extremist groups. The Christian community from the Chaldeans, Assyrians, Mandeans and various other sects have dwelled in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>How the seeds of Sunni insurgency were sown long before ISIS came to town</title>
		<link>https://bashdar.co.uk/2014/07/how-the-seeds-of-sunni-insurgency-were-sown-long-before-isis-came-to-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2014 00:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does the US bail out Maliki, who ignored frequent US push for national reconciliation? The dramatic and rapid advance by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) may have caught many by surprise but it was a long time in the making. The seeds of the sectarian mess that has gripped and paralysed Iraq [&#8230;]]]></description>
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