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Iraq
New dilemmas in Iraq following ISIS victory in Ramadi
2015-05-23
[RUDAW.NET] Last Sunday, the Anbar Provincial Council voted in favor of allowing Shiite bandidos bully boyz participate in anti-ISIS operations in the province. While participation of Shiite militias will serve to alleviate pressure being applied by 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
's advances in the region, the deployment will also create larger existential dilemmas for Sunni tribal fighters, the US-led coalition and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

It is no coincidence that the council's vote came on the same day that ISIS made unprecedented advancements in Anbar. The placid provincial capital of Ramadi, the nucleus of Anbar, fell to a recent ISIS lightning offensive in the area. Within a few days the group managed to take control of the strategically vital Government Complex and Anbar Operations Command Center, killing at least 500 civilians and security forces in the process. Such an advance effectively ensures the group's consolidation of power over the city.
Posted by:Fred