Iraqi Kurdish forces advance as mass grave found near Mosul
By BALINT SZLANKO and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press
Published: November 7, 2016, 10:31am
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Kurdish Peshmerga prepare to fire artillery at Islamic State positions in Bashiqa, east of Mosul, Iraq, on Monday. Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with IS militants early on Monday as they advanced from two directions on a town held by the Islamic State group east of the city of Mosul. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)Photo Gallery
NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq — Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city discovered a mass grave containing some 100 decapitated bodies.
The offensive to reclaim the town of Bashiqa is part of the broader push to drive IS out of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, relieving those living under its occupation from the type of brutality, such as mass killings, that the group has committed.
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