Iraq's premier expressed confidence Friday that the country's struggling army is capable of retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The chief problem, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a gathering of political and eco**mic leaders in Davos, is that Iraqi forces in the area are currently split and need to join up. "We need to have a liaison between the rest of the Iraqi forces and (Kurdish) peshmerga and the coalition partners, and it can be done," said Abadi, claiming that IS fighters' morale was running low. Asked by a moderator at the Davos event to confirm reports that half of the IS leadership have been eliminated, Abadi said: "Yes we have seen that." The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the United States and Iraq -- whose army is undergoing training by US and other foreigner instructors -- want to retake Mosul by this summer.
01-26-2015, 01:18 PM
Iraq PM says retaking Mosul from IS 'can be done'
Iraq's premier expressed confidence Friday that the country's struggling army is capable of retaking the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The chief problem, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told a gathering of political and eco**mic leaders in Davos, is that Iraqi forces in the area are currently split and need to join up. "We need to have a liaison between the rest of the Iraqi forces and (Kurdish) peshmerga and the coalition partners, and it can be done," said Abadi, claiming that IS fighters' morale was running low. Asked by a moderator at the Davos event to confirm reports that half of the IS leadership have been eliminated, Abadi said: "Yes we have seen that." The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the United States and Iraq -- whose army is undergoing training by US and other foreigner instructors -- want to retake Mosul by this summer.
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