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Iraq's special forces troops patrol in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017. U.S.-backed Iraqi government troops announced on Wednesday they were in &quot;full control&quot; of eastern Mosul, after routing Islamic State militants from that part of the northern city almost exactly three months since the major operation started. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq premier orders probe into violations by troops in Mosul

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Iraq's special forces troops celebrate as they hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured after regaining control of Andalus neighborhood in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 16, 2017. Iraqi troops have begun to push Islamic State militants out of the last remaining neighborhoods between government-held territory in the eastern Mosul and the Tigris river which divides the city. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq military: Troops have ‘full control’ of eastern Mosul

By Sinan Salaheddin - Associated Press

Thanon Yunus Yahya, right, chant slogans against Islamic State militia in a neighborhood recently liberated from the militia on the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017. Yahya claimed that his wife and son were previously executed by Islamic State militia. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi troops advance in eastern Mosul amid fierce clashes

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi special forces fight against Islamic State militants to regain control of Mosul University, in the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Military: Mosul University fully liberated by Iraqi troops

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People inspect a bridge destroyed by Islamic State militants in a neighborhood recently liberated from Islamic State on the eastern side of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Small stalls and carts have sprung up outside the bombed-out restaurants and cafes in eastern Mosul, selling fresh vegetables, cigarettes and cellphones to the thousands of civilians still living in neighborhoods where the Iraqi military has driven out the extremists of the Islamic State group.(AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi forces enter Mosul University in battling ISIS for city

By Susannah George - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, file photo, the Commander of the Joint Military Operation Commander, Army Lt. Gen. Talib Shaghati, speaks with the media in the town of Khazer, Iraq. The top Iraqi commander says the operation to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group could be complete in three months or less. Shaghati warns it is difficult to give an accurate estimate of how long the operation will take because it is not a conventional fight. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Top Iraqi commander: Mosul could be liberated in 3 months

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraqi security forces stand outside al-Salam hospital in Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. The Mosul hospital has been left almost completely gutted by the battle to retake it. Al-Salam hospital was the scene of one of the most significant setbacks for Iraqi troops in the Mosul operation, but was retaken this month after a stepped-up campaign of US-led coalition airstrikes, despite the coalition’s initial reluctance to use airstrikes against IS there. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

Fierce battles leave hospital in Iraqi city of Mosul gutted

By SUSANNAH GEORGE and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV - Associated Press

Brig. Gen. Rick Uribe listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Irbil, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. In the interview Uribe, a senior U.S. military commander in Iraq, expressed confidence in Iraqi forces fighting to recapture the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State militants. Uribe said he agrees with the forecast given by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi that it would take another three months to liberate Mosul, the last Iraqi urban center still in the hands of the extremist group. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

U.S. general praises Iraqi forces fighting in Mosul

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

U.S. Air Force pilots wear Santa hats in Christmas Day ISIS strikes

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

Iraqis displaced from Mosul wait for transportation to IDP camps, near Bartella, Iraq on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Breaking a two-week lull in fighting, Iraqi troops backed by the U.S.-led coalition's airstrikes and artillery pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assault against Islamic State militants in the city. (AP Photo/Cengiz Yar)

Some in Mosul wary of return of Iraq’s government

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Iraqi army and special forces commanders gather to discuss battle plans in the eastern section of Mosul, Iraq, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Iraqi troops backed by U.S.-led airstrikes pushed deeper into eastern Mosul on Thursday in a multi-pronged assault after a two-week lull in the operation to retake the Islamic State-held city. (AP Photo/Hamza Hendawi)

Iraqi troops resume Mosul fight after 2-week lull

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 file photo, a member of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone n the al-Barid district in Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi forces sitting for weeks on the edges of Mosul have been bolstered by reinforcements and are now ready, along with the elite special forces, to launch a stepped up, three-pronged assault against Islamic State group militants in the city’s eastern sector, ending a two-week lull in the fighting, a top Iraqi general told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo, File)

Iraqi forces in Mosul reinforced, new push against IS soon

By HAMZA HENDAWI - Associated Press

Iraqi members of the Special Forces scan the area held by Islamic state militants from a roof in Mishraq district in Mosul, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016. Advancing into Mosul has become a painful slog for Iraqi forces. Islamic State group militants have fortified each neighborhood, unlike past battles where they concentrated their defenses in one part of the city. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) ** FILE **

Bombs in Iraq’s Mosul kill 23

Associated Press

Iraq: Car bombings in Mosul kill 15 civilians, 8 policemen

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN - Associated Press

Workers use a crane to prepare a large Christmas tree in al-Zawra Park, Baghdad, Iraq. (Associated Press/Ali Abdul Hassan)

Yassir Saad, Muslim businessman, erects massive Christmas tree in Baghdad as sign of peace

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this Sunday, Dec. 18, 2016 photo, a aember of the Iraqi Special Forces shoots his machine gun against an Islamic State militant drone n the al-Barid district in Mosul, Iraq. In a part of Mosul that had been reclaimed from the Islamic State group (IS) days ago, Iraqi special forces were attacked on Sunday by drones operated by IS fighters inside the city.(AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Fight for a Mosul district shows Iraqis’ slow, painful slog

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

Iraq sends reinforcements to eastern Mosul after IS attack

By SUSANNAH GEORGE - Associated Press

President Obama. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama says U.S. intelligence missed the rise of the Islamic State

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times