Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ is a betrayal, claim Iraqi special forces who risk their lives battling ISIS alongside US troops
IRAQI soldiers battling ISIS in Mosul have branded Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ a betrayal.
The US president signed an executive order last week placing travel restrictions on people from seven Muslim majority countries.
The highly professional crack fighters were trained by the Americans and fight alongside US and other Western special forces in the battle against ISIS.
But they have now been told that none of them would be welcome in the US.
One said: “Of course I'm upset. Why would [Trump] say these things? There's no need for it.”
Another compared Trump to Kim Jong-un, saying he was “obsessed with himself”.
And a third told reporters: “I think Trump has gone to war with Islam. He's not good with the Islam. Islamic people.
“And he has an aim to destroy the Islamic people.”
Iraqi forces retook the last area of Mosul east of the Tigris River last Tuesday, with troops from the Counter-Terrorism Service leading the charge.
The Joint Operations Command coordinating the battle announced: “The Iraqi flag was raised and the left side (east bank) was thus fully liberated.”
The three months it took to take back the east of the city saw some brutal fighting.
But even bloodier battles are expected in western Mosul – home to the narrow streets of the Old City and some of ISIS’s traditional strongholds.
There are now fears over the fate of the estimated 750,000 civilians still believed to live in the part of the city still occupied by the fanatics.
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