Start of operations to drive ISIS from Mosul

[SteveG]

It's begun. Over 1 million civilians in Mosul. This is going to be awful.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-16-19-48-57

[Speedy]

Most of ISIL will abandon, or have abandoned, the city. There will be little resistance.

[cbelt3]

G- The civilians have been living under ISIL for two years now. Horrible defines their lives (if they are still alive) to date. They have been forbidden to flee. If safe corridors can be set up by the Iraqis, they may save a huge number of civilians.