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                               Sand Storm

Iraqi army soldiers warm themselves next to a fire near the Qayara air base, south of Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016. Iraq’s special forces fought their way into the
outskirts of Mosul on Tuesday, taking its state television building despite resistance by Islamic State group fighters that is only likely to stiffen when combat reaches
the inner city.

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Iraqi Forces Edge into Mosul for First Time in 2 Years

QASSIM ZAHRA                   is only likely to stiffen when     booby traps and ambushes      Sami al-Aridi of the Iraqi       ma neighborhood and our
BRIAN ROHAN                    combat reaches the inner           in difficult, house-to-house  special forces. As the sun       troops’ advance,” al-Aridi
Associated Press               city. It was the first time Iraqi  fighting expected to take     went down, a sandstorm           said, using the Arabic ac-
BAZWAYA, Iraq (AP) —           troops have set foot in the        weeks, if not months.         blew in, reducing visibility to  ronym for the Islamic State
Iraq’s special forces fought   city, Iraq’s second-largest,       Troops entered Gogjali, a     only 100 meters (yards) and      group. He said bombs have
their way into the outskirts   in more than two years. The        neighborhood inside Mo-       bringing the day’s combat        been laid along the road
of Mosul on Tuesday, taking    advance was the start of           sul’s city limits, and later  to an end.                       into the city.
its state television building  what is likely to be a gruel-      the outskirts of the more     “Daesh is fighting back and
despite resistance by Islam-   ing and slow operation for         built-up Karama district,     have set up concrete blast           Continued on page 2
ic State group fighters that   the forces as they fend off        according to Maj. Gen.        walls to block off the Kara-