On Iraq Front Lines, Hope and Concern Over Trump War Policy

Bullets wiz into the sand outside the Iraqi Army base, an abandoned home on the edge of the village, as two wounded men are carried into pick-up trucks, just back from a nearby battle. The vehicles race into the desert, leaving plumes of dust in their wake. Dozens of miles from Mosul, on the Iraqi Army’s southern front, soldiers battling Islamic State here are moving forward, slowly capturing farms, towns and villages against fierce resistance.   Coalition support is more of a...

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