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| Iraq |
| Iraqi offensive on hold to allow Tikrit civilians to leave |
| 2015-03-17 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Iraq's Interior Minister says military operations to recapture the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... -held city of Tikrit have temporarily paused to allow civilians left in Saddam Hussein's hometown to leave. Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban says the offensive, which began early this month, has achieved 90 percent of its objectives and has squeezed the He says Islamic State forces of Evil have booby-trapped buildings in central Tikrit and that Iraqi forces, backed by Shiite militias and Iranian advisers, slowed their push to reduce their own causalities, protect the infrastructure and allow residents to leave. The minister spoke on Monday from the nearby city of Samarra. He did not give a timeframe for the resumption of operations, saying that is being "left to the field commanders." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 ISIS Snipers + espec mucho mucho IEDS are causing high casualties amongst the Iraqi Army + allied Kurdish Peshmergas, leading both latter to call for more or expanded US Airstrikes. * DEFENCE.KP/FORUMS > IRAQ OFFENSIVE FOR TIKRIT STALLS AS CASUALTIES MOUNT - WASHINGTON POST. ARTIC = the Iraqi Army is repor suffering circa 60-or-more soldiers killed per day since "final" offensive agz the ISIS began. * TOPIX > [BNN, VOA] ISLAMIC STATE MOMENTUM BLASTED, BUT [still] NO SIGNS GROUP IS "OUT OF STEAM". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-03-17 23:36 |
| #8 Let the civilians leave? Awesome. Then pound the entire city into dust and napalm the remains. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-03-17 20:56 |
| #7 Sounds pretty smart to me rage boy. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-03-17 16:38 |
| #6 The Iranians are 'leading from behind'. No matter what happens they get no shit splattered upon them. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2015-03-17 16:33 |
| #5 That's the number claimed to being buried in Najaf. What about those sent to their home towns? |
| Posted by: Clonter Thruling4064 2015-03-17 16:01 |
| #4 60 Shia militia killed per day? That's certainly significant Would be, if they were more than hastily trained tribesmen. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-03-17 15:55 |
| #3 60 Shia militia killed per day? That's certainly significant. How many ISIS are being killed in the process? They've still got a long way to go to match the Europeans at the Somme. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-03-17 10:31 |
| #2 Things are not going well for the shiia attackers. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2015-03-17 05:36 |
| #1 Sounds like the same mistakes made while the US was fighting in Iraq. Give em a chance to escape or fortify. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-03-17 00:17 |