Iraqis Flee Mosul – SWIM TIGRIS RIVER to Escape Al-Qaeda (Video)

Thousands of Iraqis fled Mosul yesterday as Al-Qaeda ISIS forces took control of the city.
Many swam the river to escape the terror group.

From the video:

As many as 500,000 people have been forced to flee the Iraqi city of Mosul after Islamist militants effectively took control of it, the International Organization for Migration says.

Troops were among those fleeing as hundreds of jihadists from the ISIS group overran the city and much of the surrounding province of Nineveh.

Some civilians resorted to crossing the river Tigris without boats to escape the violence in Mosul.

The BBC reported:

ISIS in Iraq
** The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) has 3,000 to 5,000 fighters, and grew out of an al-Qaeda-linked organisation in Iraq
** ISIS has exploited the standoff between the Iraqi government and the minority Sunni Arab community, which complains that Shia PM Nouri Maliki is monopolising power
** It has already taken over Ramadi and Falluja, but taking over Mosul is a far greater feat than anything the movement has achieved so far, and will send shockwaves throughout the region
** The organisation is led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi – an obscure figure regarded as a battlefield commander and tactician. He was once the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, one of the groups that later became ISIS.

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