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Iraq
Iraq continues to make gains in ISIL battle for Tikrit
2015-03-09
[Iran Press TV] The Iraqi army, backed by volunteer forces, continues to make advancements in its fight against the ISIL Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...
bully boyz to liberate Salahuddin Province's city of Tikrit, Press TV reports.

Iraqi forces started their attacks on al-Alam area from the northeast of Tikrit.

"The advances are going very well. We are now standing here waiting for the attack on al-Alam to start. All the territory that we have passed were liberated in two days only. Today we are planning to clean Kirkuk and Salahuddin from terrorists, together," said leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi al-Amiri.

The attacks were carried out on ISIL hideouts to pave the way for ground forces to advance.

The Iraqi army is aiming to reach al-Alam and al-Dor, and then secure the al-Fatha area, in order to cut ISIL supplies and prevent the Death Eaters from fleeing to djinn-infested Mosul
... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
.

The ISIL Death Eaters have suffered great losses in recent days since the Iraqi army launched its operation to free Tikrit on March 2.

The army has already liberated a number of neighborhoods in the area.
Posted by:Fred

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