Transcript for Iraqi Forces Enter Mosul After 2-Week Offensive, Heavy Fighting

And any rock special forces. A special forces commander that is says his troops are aiming to enter the outskirts of the city of Mosul today also thousands of new fighters have joined now battle. It all reinforced Shiite militias moving toward the city. A wave of bombings in Shiite areas of Baghdad yesterday was seen as retaliation by diocese those blasts killed at least seventeen people.

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