ISIS Hotbed Looms as Risk in Mosul Fight - WSJ - 0 views
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ISIS Hotbed Looms as Risk in Mosul Fight
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Iraqi forces closing in on Islamic State-held Mosul are bypassing pockets controlled by militants such as the strategic town of Hawija, leaving the extremists free to launch counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq.
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But just days into the Mosul offensive, Islamic State mounted a massive coordinated attack on oil-rich Kirkuk,
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