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Iraq
ISIS on the run as Iraqi forces near Tikrit
2015-03-05
[RUDAW.NET] ISIS bandidos snuffies have fled areas surrounding Tikrit as Iraqi joint forces fought to capture strategic roads leading to the holy warrior-occupied city, a Shiite militia front man has told Rudaw.

"We managed to liberate lots of territory around Tikrit from ISIS and we also captured some roads overlooking Tikrit. This will help us liberate Tikrit very soon," said Karim Nuri, official spokesperson of the People's Mobilization Forces, a Shiite militia fighting alongside the Iraqi army.

Nuri added: "People's Mobilization Forces managed to retake control of the main Tikrit-Hawijja road which was in the hands of the ISIS bandidos snuffies in the area. With the control of this road, we will be able to liberate Tikrit more easily than before. We were also able to recapture the high ground in the areas being used by ISIS to hide."

The PMF front man said a fierce attack on the town of Ziraa forced many ISIS fighters to flee, reportedly leaving behind stockpiles of weapons and ammunition.

"We have ramped up our efforts to start entering Tikrit, but the operation must not be in a rush because there are civilians in the city and ISIS bandidos snuffies have planted land mines around and across the city," he added.
Posted by:Fred

#6  IIRC GROONG > IRAN SQUASHES ISLAMIC STATE, US [+ US-led Coalition] SCRAMBLES FOR COVER IN TIKRIT BATTLE.

* TOPIX > US INCREASINGLY RELYING ON IRAN TO FIGHT ISIS: REPORT.

Its what good OWG Globalist Co-Superpowers do, + its for the Children while also being former POTUS Dubya Bush's fault.

Meanwhile, NOT to be outdone by the ME, as the ISIS falls back like the USA across East-Asia-WESTPAC?, so also does the ISIS expandeth ...

* TOPIX > [Straits Times] ISIS HAS EYE ON SOUTHEAST ASIA, SAYS TERROR EXPERT.

* GLOBALNATION.PH > IFF MANILA JUNKS PEACE, WAGES WAR AGZ MILF, THESE SEVEN WILL WIN.

Iff-Youse-name-It-Youse-will-be-Correct Hard Boy Islamist-Jihadist Groups, includ ISIS; + Commie NPA + PH Actor-Politician Robert Gomez + assorted War Addicts, Profiteers.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-05 23:13  

#5  "...interspersed by prayer, five times a day (or else.)"
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-05 22:24  

#4  “The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue”
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-05 14:37  

#3  where is isis getting their stockpile of weapons and ammo from?

Obama's "moderate" rebels
Posted by: Frank G   2015-03-05 11:24  

#2  where is isis getting their stockpile of weapons and ammo from?

Qui bono ISIS?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-05 09:19  

#1  where is isis getting their stockpile of weapons and ammo from?
Posted by: paul   2015-03-05 04:38  

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