Military Reports

Military Reports

UK MoD for January 10, 2017 – January 11, 2017
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Report Date

January 11, 2017

Tuesday 10 January – A Reaper eliminated a mortar team and a group of Daesh fighters while supporting Iraqi troops pushing into central Mosul…On Tuesday 10 January, an RAF Reaper supported Iraqi troops as they advanced further into central Mosul. The Reaper’s crew identified a Daesh mortar team trying to conceal their activity in a wooded area, and struck them with a Hellfire missile. A second Hellfire accounted for a group of terrorists close to an Iraqi unit. In the confusion of the street fighting, the Reaper observed Daesh firing on each other, with at least one terrorist killed by their own side.

Report Date

January 11, 2017

Tuesday 10 January – A Reaper eliminated a mortar team and a group of Daesh fighters while supporting Iraqi troops pushing into central Mosul…On Tuesday 10 January, an RAF Reaper supported Iraqi troops as they advanced further into central Mosul. The Reaper’s crew identified a Daesh mortar team trying to conceal their activity in a wooded area, and struck them with a Hellfire missile. A second Hellfire accounted for a group of terrorists close to an Iraqi unit. In the confusion of the street fighting, the Reaper observed Daesh firing on each other, with at least one terrorist killed by their own side.