This article from CNN attempts to summarize recent operations in Tal Afar (I've given up trying to figure out the correct spelling), although no mention is made of a cease-fire. The article relies primarily on military press releases, all of which we've posted previously.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S.-led multinational troops and Iraqi security forces launched an operation Thursday to oust "anti-Iraqi" fighters who have overrun the northern Iraqi city of Tall 'Afar, the U.S. military said.
The U.S. military has identified Tall 'Afar -- 30 miles west of Mosul -- as "a suspected haven for terrorists crossing into Iraq from Syria."
The fighting left 45 people dead -- 22 of whom were believed to have been gunmen, hospital officials said. Dr. Rabi Yassin, director general of Mosul's health department, said many of the other victims were children. [...]
Lt. Col. Paul Hastings, a spokesman with Task Force Olympia, said the number of anti-Iraqi forces in the city is estimated at between 250 and 300.
U.S. targeting insurgents in northern Iraq
This article from CNN attempts to summarize recent operations in Tal Afar (I've given up trying to figure out the correct spelling), although no mention is made of a cease-fire. The article relies primarily on military press releases, all of which we've posted previously.
[Link to Full Article]BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S.-led multinational troops and Iraqi security forces launched an operation Thursday to oust "anti-Iraqi" fighters who have overrun the northern Iraqi city of Tall 'Afar, the U.S. military said.
The U.S. military has identified Tall 'Afar -- 30 miles west of Mosul -- as "a suspected haven for terrorists crossing into Iraq from Syria."
