Iraqi General: A Corridor Will Be Established That Will Permit Islamic State Fighters To Flee Mosul

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Twitter

The Australian/The Times: Iraqi general will leave corridor open for Islamic State fighters to escape Mosul

The Iraqi general commanding the operation to liberate Mosul plans to leave open a corridor for Islamic State fighters to flee the city rather than trap them in an urban battle that would endanger civilians.

Major-General Najim Abed al-Jubouri believes that the city’s hundreds of thousands of residents would be likely to be used as a mass human shield.

“I believe in a corridor,” he told The Times. “If we surround them [Islamic State] from every side they will be pushed to fight to the last. The population is the big challenge for us — so we must fight Isis outside Mosul, not inside.”

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