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| Tikrit and Saluhuddin Province Tarantellas | |
| 2015-03-30 | |
| MoD: Salah-il-Din Operations progress towards Tikrit to liberate it from ISIL terrorists [IraqiNews.com] The Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that Salah-il-Din Operations progressed towards Tikrit town to completely liberate it from the control of ISIL terrorists. MoD, in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, cited that "the Command of Salah-il-Din Forces, regiments of Anti-terrorism, Federal Police and Quick Reaction, are progressing towards Al-Awja centre and Al-Diyum centre forward Tikrit to liberate it from the ISIL Federal police kills 73 ISIS elements in Tikrit operations [IraqiNews.com] Commander of the federal police Shaker Jawdat announced on Sunday, that 73 ISIS elements have been killed in the ongoing military operations to liberate Tikrit. Jawdat said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, "Clashes erupted during the past two days between elements of the ISIS organization and the security forces in their advance toward Tikrit city center to release it from the control of terrorist groups." Jawdat added that the forces managed to kill 73 ISIS faceless myrmidons during the festivities. Security forces, al-Hashd al-Sha’bi surround ISIS elements in Tikrit General Hospital [IraqiNews.com] According to a security source in Salahuddin province, the security forces supported by the Volunteer Fighters (al-Hashd al-Sha'bi) surrounded the ISIS group elements in the vicinity of Tikrit General Hospital south of the city, while announced the control on the southern axis of the city of Tikrit. The source said in an interview with IraqiNews.com, "Today, the security forces backed by the Volunteer Fighters continued to advance through the southern hub of Tikrit," noting that, "They besieged a group of ISIS elements in the vicinity of Tikrit General Hospital south of the city." The source, who requested anonymity, added, "The security forces now control the southern hub of the city." The military operations are still continuing to hunt down ISIS elements and liberate the remaining areas of the province from ISIS control amid remarkable progress by the security forces and the Volunteer Fighters. 150 volunteers join security forces in northern Tikrit [raqiNews.com] On Saturday, a security source in Salahuddin province announced, that 150 tribal fighters from the tribe of al-Jaisat have joined al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia forces in the district of Biji, located in northern Tikrit. The source stated to IraqiNews in an interview, "150 tribal fighters from the clan of al-Jaisat have joined the ranks of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi militia in the district of Biji (located 40 km north of Tikrit) under the leadership of Hamed Hajim, the military commander of al-Hashed al-Sha'bi forces in the district." "The fighters will be deployed to reinforce the military units fighting against ISIS forces of Evil in southern Biji," the source added. Security forces kill 25 ISIS militants in Tikrit [raqiNews.com] A security source in Salahuddin Operations Command announced Saturday, that 25 ISIS Death Eaters were killed while attempting to escape from the city of Tikrit. The source informed IraqiNews, "Security forces, with support from Abrams tanks' battalion, have managed to kill 25 elements of the ISIS group while attempting to escape from the city of Tikrit." The source, who requested anonymity, added, "The Death Eaters were heading to the area of al-Jazirah, located near the Tikrit-Anbar border." 20 ISIL terrorists killed in Tikrit [IraqiNews.com] 20 ISIL bad boyz were potted in an Security source stated to IraqiNews.com "The Iraqi Air Force targeted the ISIL Death Eaters in the Presidential Palaces to kill 20 of them.” US-led Coalition bombarded ISIL with 17 new airstrikes in Tikrit
The U.S. military announced Thursday that it and its allies conducted 17 The idea is that this aerial bombardment will pave the way for Iraqi forces to go in and take control on the ground. "The ongoing Iraqi and coalition Iraqi forces have tried multiple times to win back Tikrit since the group, which calls itself 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.... , conquered the city in June as part of its campaign to amass an expansive Islamic caliphate. And each time, so far, they've failed. The latest push began after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on March 1 ordered Iraqi forces to retake Tikrit and Salahuddin province. Militants have been under pressure ever since in the battleground city, which is the birthplace of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Baghdad. ISIS responded by adjusting its positions in and around the city, hiding in buildings and other key infrastructure, said Saad al-Hadithi, a front man for al-Abadi. This movement led Iraq's military to pause its operation, out of growing worries that a full-on invasion could produce heavy Iraqi military and some civilian casualties. The situation also spurred the Iraqi Prime Minister to request more help. Al-Hadithi said the U.S.-led coalition has "advanced technical" and "powerful" capabilities -- not to mention the right munitions -- that Iraq's air force does not have to conduct precision Thus, it was al-Abadi who specifically asked for the strikes, based on what he heard from military commanders on the ground. If so, the decision would appear to be at odds with what was said just a few weeks ago by some leaders of the predominantly Shiite Moslem forces doing much of the fighting around Tikrit. Some of these Shiite fighters are getting help from the Iranian government, a longstanding and staunch U.S. foe. "We don't need it, and we won't need it,"Hadi Al-Amari, the head of the Hashd Al-Shaabi fighting force, saidin mid-March. "Anyone who puts their faith in the international coalition to liberate Iraq is putting their faith on a mirage." Thus, al-Abadi is taking a bit of a gamble by having the U.S.-led coalition play any part in this fight. He hopes it pays off by not only ousting ISIS from Tikrit, but setting the stage for Iraqi forces to take back an even bigger prize: djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... "There is high morale to liberate this city from ISIS and the terrorists. I would like to assure all the citizens that there are almost no civilians remaining in the city now, and there are only terrorists," al-Abadi said Thursday during a visit to Tikrit. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Thank you, Dale. That's absolutely perfect, connecting neatly as well the idea of taratellas and men of violence. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-03-30 10:24 |
| #1 Ah yes, this describes the current events in the Arab world with O's influence exactly, now off with our tarantella; |
| Posted by: Dale 2015-03-30 08:26 |