{"id":82375,"date":"2017-07-09T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=539589ae23a4c1066fb1c1115e7f2207"},"modified":"2017-07-09T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T18:24:00","slug":"news-story-defence-secretary-welcomes-iraqi-victory-in-mosul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82375","title":{"rendered":"News story: Defence Secretary welcomes Iraqi Victory in Mosul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Welcoming Prime Minister Abadi\u2019s statement on Mosul, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I congratulate Prime Minister Abadi, and the Iraqi forces who have been fighting on the ground with great bravery &gt; and care against a brutal opponent. Daesh has total disregard for innocent civilian life and we should welcome<br \/>\ntheir defeat in a city that was ground zero for their so-called caliphate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Britain has played a leading role in the Coalition that has helped bring about the removal of the death cult from<br \/>\nMosul. The RAF has struck more than 750 targets as part of the campaign to liberate Mosul &#8211; second only to the &gt; United States. While these pin point strikes have brought an end to Daesh in the city, there is still more to do. This &gt; barbaric group remains dug in west of the Euphrates and clearing operations in and around Mosul will be needed &gt; because of the threat from improvised explosive devices.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has congratulated the Iraqi Prime Minister and security forces on their victory in Mosul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82375\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}