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2016-06-06 Iraq

US officials: Ill-equipped Iraqi Army to delay anti-ISIS offensive in Mosul

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Posted by Fred 2016-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 "Ill equipped" because all the equipment USA gives them ends in ISIS hands?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-06 03:44|| 2016-06-06 03:44|| Front Page Top

#2 The fight in Falluja will be a Pyrrhic victory for the winner - either ISIS or the Iraqi/Shia Army...both will be fought to a frazzle. The fighting season will end early this year for the Iraqis...other than a truck load of dire threats that will last through the fall. Maybe Mosul, maybe next year.

Posted by Tennessee 2016-06-06 09:22|| 2016-06-06 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 IMO, nope. ISIS will just run away "They advance, we retreat".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-06-06 09:52|| 2016-06-06 09:52|| Front Page Top

#4 The Iraqi Army is ill-led rather than ill-equipped.

Posted by Frozen Al 2016-06-06 11:12|| 2016-06-06 11:12|| Front Page Top

#5 the 3rd battle of Fallujah will be on going the who month of Ramadan

a lot of the fasting in Fallujah itself will be simply because the city is running short of food and water

with respect to the Iraqi Army and the Shiite militias, they have probably already obtained get a fatwa permitting them to eat and drink during daylight during this Ramadan but I haven't seen any reports on this

Posted by lord garth 2016-06-06 11:16|| 2016-06-06 11:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Mosul has pretty much been an afterthought for a long, long time.

Posted by Pappy 2016-06-06 13:48|| 2016-06-06 13:48|| Front Page Top

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