Talk:2008 Nineveh campaign

Ninewa Province Campaign
I think the title Ninewa Province Campaign is more appropriate here, as the fighting in the northern encompasses more than just Mosul and "offensive" doesn't immediately indicate which side is attacking. Both sides seem to be conducting their own offensives in the north. See for comparison Diyala province campaign. Lawrencema (talk) 12:12, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
 * support. However, it's no province but governorate, so it's better not to have either of the two. I'm moving it -- TheFE ARgod (Ч) 12:35, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

battle ResultsI
I change it from indecisive to a decisive victory on the grounds that AQI on this [] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.229.12.186 (talk) 09:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
 * It's just an opinion article, from an investment magazine. Nothing there to say that the Iraqis won a decisive victory. Lawrencema (talk) 10:25, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Ninawa campaign
I was the Platoon Sergeant of the patrol that lost five great Soldiers in the IED blast the 28th of Jan. 2008. It states in the article that IA entered the mosque we took fire from and that the gunmen had fled. That is not entirely true. We took fire from 360 degrees all around us not just the mosque and the IA only entered the court yard of the mosque. They didn't enter the mosque itself they only looked through the door. We were not allowed to enter the mosque due to the ROE in Iraq. However no insurgents left the mosque after or during the firefight, of that we are sure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrathone11 (talk • contribs) 17:14, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

"Defeat" of al-Qaeda in Iraq
This statement from this article is truly idiotic:: "On July 7 the Investor's Business Daily posted an editorial lamenting the failure of U.S. news media to report the defeat of al-Qaeda in Iraq." Who (apart from the nutcase extreme Far-Right) is claiming that al-Qaeda in Iraq "is defeated"? And if it is indeed defeated, then why are horrific mass bombings still occurring, killing hundreds of Iraqis? Maybe the reason the media hasn't reported AQ in Iraq's defeat is that it hasn't happened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.190.65.102 (talk) 23:52, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Insurgents Entrenched between 2004-2006?
I understand what the article is saying in this regard, but stating that the insurgents were entrenched during a stalemate with IA between 2004 and 2006 is misleading. This implies that the insurgents "owned ground" within Mosul. I am not arguing that there were no insurgents in Mosul, as I was shot at by a few of them, but the insurgents were unable to keep USF and IA from moving effectively throughout the city and no area was strictly barred to coalition forces by the insurgents. They were there, without a doubt, but they were not entrenched. If "entrenched" is meant in the figurative sense then the article should say so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.196.186 (talk) 10:24, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

removing POV tag with no active discussion per Template:POV
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Since there's no evidence of ongoing discussion, I'm removing the tag for now. If discussion is continuing and I've failed to see it, however, please feel free to restore the template and continue to address the issues. Thanks to everybody working on this one! -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:08, 26 June 2013 (UTC)

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