U.S. Apache attack helicopters, one of the U.S. military’s most lethal ground attack aircraft, have joined the fight to liberate Mosul, the Pentagon announced Monday.

“I can confirm that Apaches have been used with significant effect,” spokesman Peter Cook told reporters at the Pentagon.

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