Mosul, Iraq - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Mosul, Iraq Index / Locations Transcripts Hadi Pir ...teaching at one of the high schools in Mosul , and I remember, like many minorities... ...to be honest. Then in 2004, I was in Mosul with the US Army, and they were almos... ...I want to go with them to the city of Mosul , and I told them no, it's time for m... ...something tangible was the fall of Mosul in the summer of 2014. There wa... ...start taking over, they took over the Mosul , and then they decided to go to Ta... ...Afar is a big town, between Sinjar and Mosul , and it's all Turkmen, both Sunni an... ...going on in Syria, what they did in Mosul , and nobody reacted to that. But i... Show more... Brett McGurk ...being out in Baghdad shortly after Mosul fell and being on the screen with th... ...views. And my views at the time—after Mosul fell, I did believe strongly that ther... ...that was a piece of it. So after Mosul fell, we had a lot of meetings with th... ...of events—well, two things happened. Mosul Dam, which is this dam that Sadda... ...has this dam of water over the city of Mosul ; if it ever collapses, the assessment... ...ground to actually retake territory. So Mosul Dam was the first example of that. Bu... ...summer of 2014? You know, the fall of Mosul , the Sinjar offensive—I mean, to wha... ...had fallen, a big city. We knew Mosul was at risk. What we did not full... ...Baghdad was going to collapse just like Mosul . I mean, that was a real fear at th... ...they're their cities. The Battle of Mosul is probably one of the biggest urba... Show more... Colin Kahl ...State of Iraq and Syria] had taken over Mosul , the third-largest city in Iraq, an... Ash Carter ...after [Abu Bakr al-] Baghdadi and take Mosul and Raqqa—which we certainly could hav... ...So, two big red arrows; one at Mosul , one at Raqqa. That kind of said i... Martin Dempsey ...on the move—” they had been sitting in Mosul . Initially, when they came out o... ...You may remember that. Then they seized Mosul . They seized the dam. And they wer... ...then a hundred kilometers further is Mosul . But there is a river that would b... ...their air power. ISIS scurried back to Mosul . But of course, the president wa... ...did. It wasn't so long after that that Mosul was liberated, and ISIS collapsed bac... Ben Rhodes ...Yanukovych leaving, is when they took Mosul in Iraq. Obviously, before that, w... ...regularly in the discussion before Mosul . But I think what Mosul suggested wa... ...before Mosul. But I think what Mosul suggested was not just the strength o... ...Iraqi security forces. Once they took Mosul , that's when I personally remembe... ...the warning points after that were the Mosul Dam—this big dam outside of Mosul—i... ...the Mosul Dam—this big dam outside of Mosul —if that dam breached, it was going t... ...when we intervened militarily. But Mosul was the center point of that. Yes, ... ...Yazidis on Mount Sinjar and to save the Mosul Dam. That's it, until they get rid o... Show more... Related Topics go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Elections and Campaigns Elections and Campaigns go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance