<prompt> Fingqa isihloko: Isikhulu sezempi saseMelika esiyiphutha ngephutha siveze izimfihlo zamasosha ngesikhathi somhlangano nabezindaba ngenyanga edlule lapho ngephutha esho isikhathi esilindelekile sokuhlasela komhlaba okuholwa yi-Iraq edolobheni laseMosul. I-briefer, eyethulwa kwabezindaba ePentagon ngoFebhuwari 19 yagunyazwa yi-US Central Command, yathi i-US ifuna ama-Iraq aqale ukuhlasela ngo-Ephreli noma ngoMeyi, yize futhi esho ukuthi kungenzeka kamuva. Lokho ngokusobala kwakungelona ulwazi olunembile futhi, ukube lwaluyiqiniso, lwaluyoba ulwazi okwakumelwe luvezwe emaphephandabeni, kusho uNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Ash Carter eKomitini Yezempi YeSenate. Ngakho-ke akulungile kuzo zombili izinhlangothi. Skrolela phansi ukuze ubone ividiyo. UNobhala Wezokuvikela u-Ash Carter uqinisekisile ukuthi isikhulu sezempi sase-U.S. sidaluleizimfihlo zempingenyanga eyedlule lapho esho isikhathi esilindelekile sokuhlasela komhlaba okuholwa yi-Iraq eMosul. Manje kubonakala kungenzeka ukuthi ukuhlasela ngeke kuqale kule ntwasahlobo, njengoba amabutho ezokuphepha aseIraq edinga isikhathi esengeziwe sokuqeqeshwa okuhlelwe yi - U.S. Sekuphele izinyanga kwaziwa kabanzi ukuthi ukuhlasela kusezigabeni zokuhlela nokuthi cishe kuyoba yisikhathi esinqumayo emkhankasweni wokususa i-Islamic State e-Iraq. Amabutho e-Islamic State athatha iMosul ngo-June odlule. Amabutho kahulumeni wase - Iraq ahamba ngokushesha, okwaholela ekuqaleni komkhankaso wokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e - Iraq owawuholwa i - U.S. ngo - August. Ujenene wezempi uMartin Dempsey, usihlalo we Joint Chiefs of Staff, owafakaza eceleni kukaCarter, uthe uxoxe ngesethulo seMosul nojenene uLloyd Austin, oyinhloko yeCentral Command. Uqhuba uphenyo lwangaphakathi, kusho uDempsey, enezela ngokuthi uyaqiniseka ukuthi u-Austin uzothatha izinyathelo ezifanele. Akazange asho ukuthi lokho kungaba yini. Le ngxoxo yenziwa yisikhulu esiseNdlunkulu Yezempi e-Tampa, eFlorida. Wakhuluma ngocingo neqembu lezintatheli ePentagon ngaphansi kwesimo sokungaziwa ngaphansi kwemithetho ebekwe yi-Central Command. Izishoshovu zeqembu le-Islamic State zigibela emgwaqweni wase-Iraq...  <response>: Isikhulu sathi i-US ifuna ama-Iraq aqale ukuhlasela edolobheni lase-Mosul ngo-Ephreli noma ngoMeyi. UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela u-Ash Carter uvumile ngoLwesibili ukuthi lolu lwazi belungafanele lukhishwe kwabezindaba Ukuhlasela manje okulindeleke ukuba kuqale ngasekupheleni konyaka njengoba amabutho ezokuphepha ase-Iraq edinga isikhathi esithe xaxa sokuqeqeshwa okuhlelwe yi-U.S. Sekuyizinyanga kwaziwa kabanzi ukuthi ukuhlasela kusezigabeni zokuhlela futhi cishe kuzophawula umzuzu onqumayo emkhankasweni wokuxosha i-ISIS e-Iraq. 