This is a very important victory for most people living in Iraq because now at least, ISIS likely cannot blow it up or open the floodgates and kill thousands to millions downstream anytime soon. Hopefully.
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Barack Obama: recapture of Mosul dam a 'major step forward' for Iraqi forces
| Telegraph.co.uk | - |
President
Barack Obama hailed the recapture of Mosul dam on Monday as a "major
step forward" as a barrage of US air strikes helped Kurdish and Iraqi
forces score the biggest victory of its counteroffensive against the
Islamic State militants.
Barack Obama: recapture of Mosul dam a 'major step forward' for Iraqi forces
President Barack Obama says the securing of Mosul dam in northern Iraq by Iraqi and Kurdish forces is a "major step forward" in the battle against Islamic State militants
President
Barack Obama hailed the recapture of Mosul dam on Monday as a "major
step forward" as a barrage of US
air strikes helped Kurdish and Iraqi
forces score the biggest victory of its counteroffensive against the
Islamic State militants.
Mr Obama also urged the badly fractured and largely dysfunctional Iraqi
government to move quickly to forge a united front and give hope to Sunni
tribes who've been marginalised.
The President noted last week's decision by Nouri al-Maliki to step down as
Iraq's prime minister, a move that raised hopes a new government could roll
back Iraq's powerful Sunni insurgency and prevent the country from splitting
apart.
Speaking from the White House briefing room, Mr Obama said he was pleased the
US had given Iraqi security forces and the
Kurdish militia an important boost in Mosul. But he stressed the
importance of political progress and said it is imperative that Iraq become
a viable partner for the US
The US will continue to assist Iraqi security forces with a limited military
campaign designed to protect American personnel and facilities and to
alleviate humanitarian crises created by Islamic State militants, he said.
He added that it is not for the US to be a surrogate air force for Baghdad and
it is up to Iraqis to create a sustainable peace.
The Islamic extremists captured the Mosul dam on August 7, Mr Obama said if the dam on the Tigris River had been breached it could have had catastrophic consequences and endangered American Embassy personnel in Baghdad.
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The Islamic extremists captured the Mosul dam on August 7, Mr Obama said if the dam on the Tigris River had been breached it could have had catastrophic consequences and endangered American Embassy personnel in Baghdad.
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