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The Guardian: Mosul mosque where Isis declared caliphate 'has been recaptured

Iraqi forces claim to have recaptured the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul – where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed himself leader of the terror juggernaut Islamic State three years ago.

The seizure marks a highly symbolic moment in the war, placing government troops in the heart of the Old City – the last redoubt of Isis in Mosul – and probably within a fortnight of recapturing all of Mosul.

Baghdadi declared a caliphate from the mosque three years ago to the day – 29 June 2014 – at the height of the group’s power.

Isis last week toppled the Hadba minaret adjoining the mosque, causing extensive damage to the surrounding compound. The fight for the terror group’s last redoubt was grinding and savage, with Iraqi troops reporting house-to-house fighting with a battle-hardened enemy, which refused to surrender.

AP: In Mosul, Iraqi forces take landmark mosque blown up by IS

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — An Iraqi commander says his forces have taken Mosul’s landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound that was destroyed by the Islamic State group last week.

Lt. Gen. Abdul Wahab al-Saadi says special forces entered the compound and took control of the surrounding streets on Thursday afternoon, following a dawn push into the area.

Earlier, special forces Maj. Gen. Sami al-Aridi warned the site will need to be cleared by engineering teams as IS fighters likely rigged it with explosives.

Iraqi forces are pushing through the last IS-held neighborhood in Mosul, the so-called Old City, to the west of the Tigris River.

 

[TrojanBlade]

how anyone even thinks these are muslims or related to Islam in anyway is beyond me. Its sickening what this group has done to the world and specially to muslims and the muslim part of the world. They have killed more muslims and yet they are considered 'islamic' radicals.

 

[spekkeh]

Humans have killed more humans than other animals. Therefore humans are not humans. Checkmate atheists.