US push to rid Mosul of insurgents

[bemildred]

Some interesting bits, some bullshit.

American troops and Iraqi security forces launched a major operation to regain control of Mosul yesterday, after a week of lawlessness which saw large parts of Iraq's third city fall under the control of militants determined to open a new front in the insurgency.

As hundreds of US troops targeted western parts of the city, American jets roared overhead.

Mortar attacks from insurgents near the centre killed three people and wounded 25 others, and there were also attacks on the offices of Kurdish political parties.

The violence in Mosul is part of a general wave of guerrilla activity throughout Sunni Arab areas of Iraq triggered by the US-led assault on Falluja.

Guardian UK

[Minstrel Boy]

1. Here's a headline from six months in the future:

"US push to rid Mosul of insurgents"

And a year from now:

"US push to rid Mosul of insurgents"

[DannyRed]

2. Headlines from 3 months from now

"US push to rid Fallujah of Insurgents.

Four months from now:

"US push to rid Ramadi of Insurgents"

5 months:

"US purge to rid Samarrah of Insurgents"

and in one year?

"Confederated States Militia push to recapture Pennsylvania Free State, Northern Alliance of New England puts more troops on the Ohio border"

[Supersedeas]

3. it is a slippery slope...but it may take more than 1 year & 1 invasion

to reach PA and NE.