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Nån som vet hur det går ? har dom börjat beta av västra mosul ?
Kan tänka mig att Trumps, och hans chef Banons, hot mot Iran lägger sordin över vissa samarbeten runt Mosul.
Ibland kan man tycka att befria invånarna i Mosul är rätt meningslöst. Bättre om USA tar över och ockuperar, take the oil som Trump säger. Eller om IS varit en riktig stat, bara atombomba skiten. Som Trump så gärna vill. Eftersom Ryssland skulle stödja ISIS mer öppet mot hur de stödjer ISIS nu hade det varit bra innan ryssarna hinner bygga upp halshuggarnas atomvapenprogram, som med Iran.
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“If life does not improve, we will not accept this and there will be a revolt against the government,” said Ihsan Abdullah. “If things don’t change Islamic State will just come back. Mosul residents will support whoever can help them.”
A former traffic policeman, he said he had not worked since Islamic State swept into the city in 2014, leaving him no choice but to sell his clothes for food.
When government forces arrived, he asked for his job back, but he was told he would first need to go to Baghdad to get clearance proving he was not a member of Islamic State. That would take too long, he said.
Sunnis, the majority in the city but a minority in Iraq, were all-powerful under Saddam Hussein. Many Sunni army officers hailed from Mosul, and many in the city were resentful after Saddam was toppled in a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and Shi’ites came to dominate the government in Baghdad.
When the Sunni Muslim fighters of Islamic State swept into Mosul in 2014, they were welcomed by many fellow Sunnis who had accused the Shi’ite-dominated security forces of abuse.
Islamic State’s brutal rule and intolerance eventually alienated the public, but driving the fighters out is only the first step for the authorities trying to win back trust.
http://www.iraqinews.com/features/freed-jihadists-mosul-residents-focus-fury-iraqi-politicians/