Iraq: Thousands displaced as battle for Mosul rages on
More than 10,000 Iraqis have fled their homes since the start of an offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL this month, according to the UN.That figure is just a fraction of the displacement that aid groups expect to see when Iraqi forces reach the city limits and some of the million-plus people thought to be inside attempt to flee.
The whole thing is going to be massacre. On so many levels.
There will be the civilians killed during the combat, but then there will be the MESS of who gets the power in the city, and this mess will last for decades. Sunni ? ISIS are sunni extremist, Shia ? Mosul is majority sunni.