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2014-11-27 Iraq

Iraqi Forces Battle IS Jihadists in Ramadi, Kirkuk

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 "...Iraqi security forces wilted under the initial June IS onslaught, but are now backed by U.S.-led air strikes, international advisers, Shiite gunnies and Sunni tribes, and have begun to claw back some areas...."

also there is big disincentive to surrender since they now realize that if they are captured they will be executed

Posted by lord garth 2014-11-27 11:54|| 2014-11-27 11:54|| Front Page Top

#2 Obviously the brutality of IS, Daesh, or whoever, is now playing against them as the Iraqi Army realizes that their lives and the lives of their wives and children are at stake. It is now a battle for survival and people become much braver when they have their children's lives at stake.

I pray that is the case and the Iraqi Army prevails.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-11-27 12:01|| 2014-11-27 12:01|| Front Page Top

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