The U.S.-Iraqi Kurdish-Iraqi Shia Army-Iraqi Shia militia-Iraqi Sunni militia-Turkish invasion of the Islamic State’s eastern stronghold of Mosul is on. Thousands of U.S. special forces are on the front lines.
Jason Ditz, New Editor of Antiwar.com, has the details, as always.
And here are live updates from the generally reliable Iraqi Kurdish news outlet, Rudaw.
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