IS attack underscores fragility of Iraqi security forces

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) — Despite clinging to only a sliver of territory in Mosul, Islamic State militants managed to launch a counterattack Friday that reversed days of Iraqi army territorial gains in just a matter of hours — a setback that underscores the fragility of the Iraqi security forces despite years of U.S.-led coalition training as well as the instability likely to follow the city’s liberation.
The offensive began just after noon, when 50 to 100 IS fighters began firing on