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Kurdish officials accused local Arabs and some displaced in camps around the city of helping ISIS.

Kirkuk's police chief, Brig. Gen. Khatab Omar, said the militants had probably infiltrated the 600,000 internally displaced in and around the city.
Gen. Hallo Najat, another police official, told local media to expect further fighting because 30% of the Arabs there supported ISIS rather than the government or Kurdish authorities.
Najmaldin Karim, Kirkuk's governor, said: "We have prior knowledge that an operation like this could happen; we were preparing for it, but the timing was not known exactly." in Indirect Speech is : Najmaldin Karim, Kirkuk's governor said that he had prior knowledge that an operation like that could happened: he was preparing for it, but the timing has not known exactly. 
He said a curfew would remain in force for another day and urged the internally displaced community in Kirkuk to help track down militants.

US defense chief briefed on Mosul operation
Carter, the US defense secretary, paid an unannounced visit Saturday to Baghdad, where he was briefed on the Mosul offensive and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
U.S. Sailor killed by roadside bomb in Iraq identified
Carter then addressed about 50 US service members at Baghdad International Airport, recalling the US naval officer killed this week in northern Iraq and the risks taken by all those serving.
The defense chief told the crowd he was encouraged by what he has seen so far in the fight to retake Mosul.
"So far it is proceeding according to our plan," Carter said. "We've got tough fighting ahead and the US will continue to play its part."
US forces in Iraq are providing air support for the Mosul operation as part of an international coalition. US special operations forces are also advising Iraqi and Kurdish units on the ground.
After meeting with Carter, Abadi repeated his view that Iraq does not need Turkey's assistance in the battle for Mosul, while acknowledging the importance of maintaining good relations with its northern neighbor. "If we (need) help, we will ask for it from Turkey or from other regional countries," he said.
The Turkish leadership has expressed a desire to join the push to oust ISIS.
UN 'gravely worried' over human shield use
The United Nations expressed concern Friday that ISIS has taken 550 families from villages around Mosul to use as human shields.
Pain still raw for Mosul's Christians in Jordan
Two hundred families from Samalia village and 350 families from Najafia were forced out Monday and taken to Mosul in "an apparent policy by ISIS to prevent civilians escaping," Ravina Shamdasani, deputy spokeswoman for the UN Human Rights Office, told CNN.
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said, "We are gravely worried by reports that (ISIS) is using civilians in and around Mosul as human shields as the Iraqi forces advance, keeping civilians close to their offices or places where fighters are located, which may result in civilian casualties." in Indirect Speech is : Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said that he was gravely had worried by reports that (ISIS) was using civilians in and around Mosul as human shields as the Iraqi forces advance, keeeping civilians close to their offices or places where fighters were located, which might result in civilian casualties. 


Sources : http://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/22/middleeast/iraq-isis-mosul/index.html