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2015-03-11 Iraq

Iraqi forces push siege of Tikrit amid fierce resistance from IS

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Posted by Fred 2015-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Urban Warfare 101, and neither side appears to be very good at it.

Posted by Mystic 2015-03-11 00:07|| 2015-03-11 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope they kill the hell out of each other. Neither one is an ally of ours so kill away.

Posted by chris 2015-03-11 01:16|| 2015-03-11 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 More like "thousands of (Iranian led) Shiite militias" than anything else.

Posted by Pappy 2015-03-11 12:15|| 2015-03-11 12:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The combo effort of the Iraqi Army + Shiite Militias, etal. repor now control 90%-n-rising of Tikrit.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [FarsNews] LIBERATION OF TIKRIT MEANS END OF ISIL'S LIFE IN IRAQ.

IRGC General for Iraq Suleimani.

The ISIS/ISIL can still fight, but won't be able any longer to effectively control or hold any Cities-Towns anymore in Iraq, + will forced into general strategic, ALBEIT LIKELY "FIGHTING"?, retreat.

"Parthian Shot(s)".

VERSUS

* INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES [IBT] > ISLAMIC STATE GOES ON OFFENSIVE TO DEFEND RAQQUA [IS HQ], despite its Tikrit setbacks.

* JAPAN TIMES > ISLAMIC STATE ATTACKS RAMADI [Western Iraq] WID SEVEN CAR BOMBS - POLICE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-03-11 22:31|| 2015-03-11 22:31|| Front Page Top

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