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The new US defense secretary denies an appointment ground offensive in Mosul
2/21/15
The new US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter, said Saturday that he will not announce the exact date of the attack is expected to restore the Iraqi city of Mosul, the organization "Daash" fighters, after it raised a press officer for the US military fuss about that.
He sent two members are influential in the US Senate, are John McCain and Lindsey Graham, a message pungent to the White House, Eshkoan where to meet press predicted the possibility that starts Mosul attack in April or May, and includes between 20 thousand and 25 thousand Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish.
He said McCain and Graham in their letter to President Barack Obama "These leaks do not expose the success of our mission only at risk, but may also cost us the lives of Americans and Iraqis and coalition soldiers."
Carter did not address explicitly in his first meeting with reporters since being sworn, as revealed by a US Central Command officials or message, McCain and Graham.
But when asked about the attack Mosul insisted refused to give details.
Carter told reporters shortly before his arrival in Afghanistan, "I think the only thing I can say about it is that this (attack) will attack the Iraqi-led and supported by the United States. It is important to attack at a time can succeed in it .. So if you know the exact date of the attack will not tell you. "
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