US commander predicts weeks more of fighting in “liberated” Mosul By Bill Van Auken 13 July 2017 Gun battles continued to rage and air strikes sent plumes of smoke rising over Iraq’s devastated second largest city Wednesday, more than 36 hours after the country’s prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, proclaimed victory in the nine-month US-backed … Continue reading US commander predicts weeks more of fighting in “liberated” Mosul