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ISIS prepares new offensive near Haditha
(IraqiNews.com) Anbar – On Tuesday, Anbar Provincial Council announced, that the ISIS organization has prepared its elements to attack Haditha District west of Ramadi (110 km west of Baghdad) from two axes, while emphasized that the Iraqi Army backed by the international coalition aircrafts are working to shell the convoys of ISIS convoys before reaching their goal.Anbar Provincial Council’s spokesman Eid Ammash Karbouli said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “The security forces reinforced its military presence in the axes of Haditha District, due to the preparations of ISIS to attack the front lines of the Iraqi ground forces from two axes including Khasfa area and Barwana Island west of the province, while the international coalition aircrafts intensified its sorties in order to shell ISIS gatherings.” Karbouli added, “The Iraqi army backed by the international coalition aviation, is working to bomb ISIS conveys and vehicles before reaching the security forces gatherings.” ISIS launches attack on Haditha and Bruwana from 4 axes, says Gaood ISIS not ready to go into that good night... (IraqiNews.com) al-Anbar – On Tuesday the leader of Albu Nimir clan, Naeem Gaood, announced calling up the tribes as well as the security forces after ISIS had launched a violent attack on Haditha and Bruwana from four axes. Gaood said in a brief statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “The tribes and security forces began a major call up after the ISIS had launched a violent attack on the district of Haditha and the area of Barwana from four axes,” adding that, “The ISIS carried out the attack after receiving large reinforcements from Mosul, Syria, Heet and areas in western Anbar.” After Islamic State collapse in Ramadi, militants intensify siege of Haditha [WASHINGTONPOST] 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.... snuffies have launched a deadly offensive against security forces in a key part of western Iraq, residents and tribal fighters said Tuesday, unleashing a wave of boom-mobiles and seizing an area near one of the country's largest dams. The fresh attacks in Haditha district have set off some of the fiercest fighting in that area in months -- and follow the stunning defeat of the Islamic State in the nearby city of Ramadi in December. An Iraqi army offensive backed by U.S. But this week, the snuffies turned their guns on Haditha, a strategic area about 90 miles northwest of Ramadi and home to Iraq's second-largest hydroelectric dam. U.S. troops are also training Iraqi forces at the Ayn al-Asad military base just 20 miles away. The snuffies have had Haditha encircled for more than a year. Haditha, in Anbar province, holds both symbolic and strategic significance. The district is one of the last government redoubts amid swaths of bully boy-held territory in the desert of western Iraq. And its six-mile-long dam generates power for large tracts of the country, granting whoever controls it influence over much of Iraq's electricity and water supplies. 25 Iraq Fighters Killed Thwarting IS Assault in Anbar [AnNahar] At least 25 Iraqi fighters have been killed repelling a major three-day offensive by the 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.... group in the region of Haditha in Anbar province, security sources said Tuesday. "We have given 25 deaders in 72 hours," a tribal commander, Sheikh Abdallah Atallah, told AFP by phone from Haditha, an area that includes a key dam and has held off IS since 2014. "It was one of the biggest offensives we have seen. It came from three directions," he said, adding that dozens were also maimed. The mayor of Haditha, located about 200 kilometers (120 miles) northwest of Baghdad, confirmed the casualty toll. "We have more than 20 deaders and more than 50 maimed. They are from the army, CTS (the counter-terrorism service), the police and the tribal fighters," Mabrouk Hamid said. Posted by: badanov 2016-01-06 |
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