The liberation of Mosul has begun- The October surprise

[DemocratSinceBirth]

(CNN)A long-awaited operation to seize the key Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control is imminent, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Sunday.

"We have been battling ISIS for more than two years," Abadi said during a televised meeting with journalists and political analysts. "We started fighting ISIS in the outskirts of Baghdad, and thank God we are now fighting them in the outskirts of Mosul, and God willing the decisive battle will be soon."


http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/16/middleeast/mosul-isis-battle-preparations/

[Foggyhill]

1. They won't be funished in3 weeks for sure

By inauguration, maybe most of irak will have been cleared and only Syria will remain

[bettyellen]

5. They estimated at least 8-10 weeks! Biggest offensive in more than ten years.

[Dawson Leery]

2. kick

[pangaia]

3. I think god will stay out of it.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Why is this a surprise?

It's been in preparation and reported on for months.

[bettyellen]

6. I think people are confused- only a surprise in the sense that they started before announcing it ...

And that it could have been next week instead. But people will spin it that Obama did it to help Hillary. Somehow.