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| Iraq |
| Baghdad announces 'second phase' of Ramadi campaign |
| 2015-08-14 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Iraq's Ministry of Defense announced Thursday it will launch the second phase of military campaigns to liberate the city Ramadi from 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.... , or ISIS. "We concluded the first phase of the operation with a security siege on the city and ISIS has no power to move," Defense Minister Khalid Obaidi said in a statement. Obaidi added, "The first phase of military campaigns to liberate Ramadi started in May with the cooperation of security forces, Sunni tribes, the Hashd al-Shaabi and the US-led coalition. It was successfully concluded." Obaidi said the second phase of liberation is underway and Iraqi security forces are in control of Anbar. The defense minister stressed that ISIS has lost its once-formidable military power. Farhan Mohammed, a member of the Anbar provincial council, told Rudaw in June that there was little cooperation between the disparate Iraqi forces. He said the delay in the campaign was to allow for US military advisers to train Sunni tribal fighters and Iraqi forces. ISIS seized Ramadi in May in what is considered one of the jihadists' most important victories. |
| Posted by:Fred |