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Daesh loses large part of Ramadi
[ARABNEWS] Iraqi security forces on Tuesday recaptured a large area on the southwestern side of Ramadi from the Daesh [Islamic State] group, which overran the city in May, officials said.Retaking the Al-Tameem area from Daesh [Islamic State] is a significant breakthrough for Iraqi forces, which have been fighting for months to secure territory around Ramadi, a major city west of Baghdad and the capital of the vast Anbar province. "Today, our forces completely cleared the Al-Tameem area after a fierce battle against Daesh [Islamic State] gunnies," Sabah Al-Noman, the front man for Iraq's counter-terrorism service, said. Daesh [Islamic State] Death Eaters "had no choice except to surrender or fight and they were completely destroyed," Noman said. Maj. Gen. Hadi Irzayij, the police chief for Anbar, confirmed that Al-Tameem had been retaken as did Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, the front man for the Joint Operations Command. "The liberation of Al-Tameem will greatly help in speeding up the liberation of the city of Ramadi," Rasool said. "Iraqi forces are ready and close to entering the center of the city," Irzayij said. Iraqi forces were working to clear bombs planted by Daesh [Islamic State] in Al-Tameem, which is bordered by a branch of the Euphrates River that divides it from the next bad boy-held area. Daesh [Islamic State] overran large parts of Iraq in June 2014, including major territory in Anbar, which stretches from the borders with Syria, Jordan and Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... to the western approach to Baghdad. Shifting parts of Ramadi, located 100 km from Baghdad, had been held by anti-government fighters since the beginning of 2014. But Daesh [Islamic State] did not succeeded in completely overrunning it until May of this year. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has halted a deployment of troops to northern Iraq but will not obey Iraq's request to withdraw those already there, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, insisting they had been sent with Iraq's knowledge to help fight Daesh [Islamic State]. The arrival of a heavily armed Turkish contingent at a camp near the frontline close to the city of djinn-infested Mosul ... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn... has added yet another controversial deployment to a war against Daesh [Islamic State] that has drawn in most of the world's major powers. Ankara says its troops are in Iraq to train Iraqi forces. "Training at this camp began with the knowledge of the Iraqi Defence Ministry and police," Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said. Posted by: Fred 2015-12-09 |
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