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| Military expert: Iraqi Army must do its part before Hawija is liberated |
| 2015-10-02 |
| [RUDAW.NET] Col. Masoud Salih, a military expert and instructor at the Zakho Military Academy, says that the Iraqi Army must be involved in the liberation of Hawija, a district in Kirkuk province and a stronghold of 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.... group (ISIS), which is known in Arabic as Daesh. "There are strategic areas in southern Hawija that should be liberated by the Iraqi army first," he said in an interview with Rudaw. Salih, 35, is a veteran officer. Following the fall of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein he fought alongside US combat forces and took part in the battles for Fallujah and Ramadi in 2004. A year later, he served as a military commander alongside the US Special Forces. Salih explained that the most recent offensive west of Kirkuk city has brought the Peshmerga forces 20 kilometers outside Hawija. This last push was the fourth major offensive in the area for Kurdish fighters, he said. Here is Rudaw's full interview with the commander: |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 What Iraqi army? |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2015-10-02 15:28 |