Reply #15: "Half of Mosul in rebel hands" [View All]

[leftchick]

I don't know how reliable this source is .....

http://www.azzaman.com/english/index.asp?fname=news%5C2006-08-07%5Ckurd4.htm

The left bank of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city in terms of population, has fallen to rebels fighting U.S. occupation troops and the Iraqi government.

“Half of Mosul has been in rebel hands for three days and there is no sign that the government has the ability to restore its authority,” a provincial official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

The Tigris River bisects Mosul, a city with a strategic location bordering the semi-independent Kurdish enclave in the north. Mosul is also a major oil center.

Residents said the rebels have spread their control on the left bank of the city which controls major roads leading to Turkey and the Kurdish cities of Dahouk and Arbil.

Traffic on the city’s five bridges is suspended as U.S. helicopters and warplanes roam the skies.

The city’s inhabitants, estimated at more than 2 million people, do not venture to leave their homes.