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Pentagon Chief Discussed Mosul Operation With Iraqi Kurdistan's President

© AP Photo / Hussein MallaKurdish Peshmerga fighters stand at a crossing point where Iraqis fleeing the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants cross to the Kurdish controlled area, in the Nineveh plain, northeast of Mosul, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand at a crossing point where Iraqis fleeing the fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants cross to the Kurdish controlled area, in the Nineveh plain, northeast of Mosul, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 - Sputnik International
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US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani spoke about the ongoing campaign to liberate the city of Mosul from Daesh terror group, Department of Defense spokesman Peter Cook said in a briefing on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — According to Cook, Carter noted actions of Iraqi Kurds in Mosul with approval.

"Secretary Carter thanked President Barzani for the courage of Kurdish fighters and for the KRG’s cooperation with the central government in Baghdad and the coalition in planning and executing operations to free Mosul," Cook told reporters.

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