Suicide driver detonates car bomb near Baghdad, killing 10, wounding 25
Baghdad — A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security checkpoint south of Baghdad on Monday, killing 10 people and wounding 25, police and medical sources said. The attack came as Iraqi security forces launched a final push to retake Mosul from Islamic State, which seized the country’s second city more than two years ago. Here are some of the tactics that will likely be employed by Iraqi security forces, and those IS may use against them: • Iraqi forces will fight their way to Mosul and then seek to encircle the city before launching an attack inside it — tactics they have used in operations to retake other IS-held cities including Ramadi and Tikrit. The eventual assault into Mosul will likely be led by Iraq’s elite counter-terrorism service, which has spearheaded most operations against the jihadists. To reach Mosul, Iraqi forces will have to advance through several dozen kilometres of IS-held territory, including multiple villages. The US-led anti-IS coal...
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