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Iraqi forces' progress toward Ramadi slows: US
[AlAhram] Iraqi security forces battling 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 Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... forces of Evil have made significant advances around Ramadi but progress to recapture the city has slowed in recent days, a US military front man said Wednesday. Colonel Steve Warren,
However, a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth... "their progress has slowed from the beginning several days ago, but they are still moving," Warren said in a video call with news hounds at the Pentagon. The Iraqi troops were "consolidating and reorganizing their forces in preparation for continued offensive operations," he said. In one unsuccessful counterattack, ISIS forces of Evil tried to use several boom-mobiles against Iraqi forces, but the Iraqis fought them off. Local troops are being aided by US-led coalition planes, which Warren said have conducted 21 strikes in the past week around Ramadi. Ramadi, the capital of the western province of Anbar, was captured by ISIS in May this year. Warren also noted that Iraqi forces had regained most of the Baiji oil refinery, though "small pockets of enemy resistance" remained. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-10-22 |
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