WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of U.S. troops in the Middle East said on Friday Iraqi forces are "incrementally" recapturing ground from Islamic State militants who seized much of the country's **rthwest this year, but he added that major Iraq advances will take time. "They are doing some things **w to incrementally recapture ground that's been lost," general Lloyd Austin, head of U.S. Central Command, said in his first news conference about the conflict. He cited the Kurdish operation around Mosul Dam and their recapture of the border post of Rabia. Austin said U.S. ...
10-19-2014, 10:51 PM
U.S. general says Iraq retaking some ground from Islamic State
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