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Iraqi forces discover underground Daesh boot camp near Mosul

Thursday, 02 March 2017 8:30 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 02 March 2017 9:39 AM ]

A member of the Iraqi forces inspects a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training base by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the village of Albu Seif, on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, on March 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Iraqi forces have uncovered a training base for the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group on the southern outskirts of Mosul as they are making major achievements in their military operations to fully liberate the city.

The fortified base, which was found 9.7 meters beneath the village of Albu Seif south of Mosul, could only be entered by crawling through a tunnel.

Daesh terrorists were using the site to train foreign nationals to perpetrate various acts of terror.

The photo shows a tunnel that was reportedly used as a training base by Takfiri Daesh terrorists in the village of Albu Seif, on the southern outskirts of Mosul, Iraq, on March 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

“The trainees, as part of their programs, should crawl onto these barrels and get themselves in the mud to pass this phase of training. As you see power has been extended to lighten this base,” an unnamed Iraqi army commander told Kurdish-language Rudaw television network.

“They have fully equipped it without any shortcomings. The majority of those who used to undergo training here were foreigners,” he added.

Pictures from the training base show a Daesh flag hung on a wall and remnants of military equipment left behind by members of the terror outfit.

On February 19, Iraqi soldiers and fighters from Popular Mobilization Units – commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi – mounted a new offensive to liberate western Mosul.