U.S. forces to set up 16 checkpoints in Ninewa’s disputed areas

DUHUK / IraqiNews.com: U.S. officials have revealed plans to set up 16 checkpoints in a number of disputed areas in Ninewa’s Mosul City, according to a senior Iraqi official. “This afternoon, a delegation headed by the U.S. consul in Mosul and the U.S. commander there discussed security issues with local officials in the district,” the mayor of Shaykhan district, Hasso Nirmo, told Iraqi News. The delegation has also discussed the formation of a joint US-Kurdish-Iraqi force for disputed areas. Local residents will be allowed to join these forces, Nirmo noted. SS (P)/SR 2