‘Nobody really knows’ Iraq’s future once Mosul fully liberated: Canadian adviser
OTTAWA — While Iraqi and coalition forces celebrate the liberation of the eastern half of Mosul, a senior Canadian military officer is admitting uncertainty over what will happen to Iraq once the rest of the city is finally freed.
“Nobody really knows what the political situation is going to look like post-Mosul, and I would suggest that includes the Iraqis,” Brig.-Gen. David Anderson told The Canadian Press in an interview from Baghdad.
“It’s kind of like a topic that’s not discussed in great depth right now, to see how it all plays out.”
Anderson leads a team of 12 international advisers inside Iraq’s defence ministry whose job is to help organize the training of Iraqi forces and plan operations.