Heralded for a couple of days, and you know, given the political stakes really here, it was extraordinary how this one elite unit, valiant as they You know, this morning's operation had frankly been WALSH: What is remarkable how painstakingly slow the advance is with these Special Forces. What did you see on the ground with regards to that? They have IEDs as well to slow the advance of Iraqi forces and there are civilians there to take into accountĪs well. GORANI: Yes, and also mentioned that these fighters left whether it's a hundred or 200 or however many of them there is left in the old city. Have blown something in the street today.Īn incredibly bloody chapter still ahead despite the overall political aura of mission accomplished - Hala. Ourselves today, civilians desperately fleeing from the rubble where they were being shelved talking of how they barely survived on water, had noĪbsolute terror in (inaudible) and there could be thousands still stuck in there amongst the bunch of die=hard fighters, some of them who appeared to There are about 700 or 800 meters from that mosque compound to the river that marks the end of the remaining territory ISIS hold. They still believe there are days more ahead of fighting in Mosul. We've heard from the coalition, the Pentagon saying they can confirm the mosque has fallen and that is too confusing to be honest. This is a political announcement by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that Mosul was technically been liberated and that spells the end of ISIS But that's technical frankly apart from those enduring the fighting on the So maybe by default it falls into the hands of the Iraqi government. Inside at that moment because they are worried about booby-traps and technically nobody has it because ISIS has been pushed away from it. Now that was continuing at 3:00 this afternoon when we left and frankly the commanders there said to us they hadn't taken the mosque and they didn'tįeel necessarily in the hours ahead that was imminent.īut still if you were to cast the statements you might say that because the mosque itself has been destroyed and it's impossible for anyone to get NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: We heard some surprise announcements from Iraqi military officials that the mosque has inįact been taken by their soldiers because we were still witnessing an intense battle for it. Tell us a little bit more because we did hear some conflicting information from Iraqi sources that first that Mosul was just about liberated but thenįrom others that it could still take a few days. In a moment, we'll have full analysis of the military challenges on theīut we begin with Nick Paton Walsh, who has been covering the fight from the frontlines giving us an incredible firsthand look at the street by You're seeing CNN video here shot inside Mosul as the battle rage today. Victory, the battle for Mosul itself is not over. This is leading the prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, to say that we are now seeing the end of the fake ISIS state. Iraqi forces have recaptured a mosque compound at the very heart of the terrorist self-declared caliphate. HALA GORANI, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Iraqi Forces Recapture Mosque Compound In Mosul Trump To Meet With Putin At G20 Summit In Germany Trump Under Fire For Vicious Attack On News Anchors Top Vatican Official Charges With Sexual Offenses Hero Cop Describes Fight With London Attackers Partial Travel Ban Set to Go Into Effect High-Risk Operation to Save Malawi's Elephants.
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