The Iraqi Army Is Not Prepared To Retake Mosul From The Islamic State

Rebecca Collard, Time: Meet the Men Being Trained to Fight ISIS by the U.S.

WNU Editor: I do not feel optimistic that after a few months of U.S. training .... 4,000 Iraqi soldiers/police officers with minimum weapons will be able to retake a city of 2 million .... and in a city where a majority of its inhabitants are hostile to the Shiite dominated government in Baghdad. What I do see is a bloodbath .... and the probable destruction of Mosul. In the meantime .... the Islamic State continues its offensive .... ISIL launches fierce attacks across Iraq (Al Jazeera).

Update: This is a good post on how unprepared the Iraqi military/police is if they wish to retake Mosul .... Iraqi police at Nineveh Liberation Camp aim to help free Mosul but lack food and guns (Washington Post)