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| Not possible for Iraqi forces to attack Fallujah now: Ministry |
| 2014-01-08 |
| [Al Ahram] It is not currently possible for Iraqi security forces to storm the city of Fallujah, which was lost to militants last week, the defence ministry spokesman said Tuesday. "It is not possible to assault it (Fallujah) now" due to concerns about civilian casualties, Staff Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Askari told AFP. That statement probably made more sense in Arabic. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Lest we fergit, the IGA + Iraqi Army is now mostly Shia-led [sub-read, IRAN]. IMO the Shia-led Iraqi forces need time to coordinate its campaign wid both IRGC-Quds Force, etal. Iranian forces or elements which were already in Iraq prior to the Syria Crisis, + likely now also Hezbollah. The Bammer = USA is in a deep quandry wid this as US ally the KSA support the anti-Shia Sunni Rebels in both Syria + Iraq, etc. which nominally includes the local, regional Qaeda Boyz. Ditto for the pro-KSA UK = NATO-EU. Thusly we have ... ... * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > US-IRAN IN A NEW FRONT AGZ COMMON ENEMIES. * SAME > [World Affairs JournaL] MICHAEL J. TOTTEN: AL-QAEDA-STAN IN FALLUJAH. * SAME > [Scoop.NZ] > IRAQ IS A NEW SCHISM FOR SAUDIS IN STRAINED ALLIANCE WID WEST. * SAME > [DailY Star] PALESTINIANS [ordinary = mainstream] FEAR WAR WID HEZBOLLAH. Lebanon-based Paleo refugee camps. VERSUS * TOPIX > OBAMA'S MIDDLE EAST [ + Foreign] POLICY IS IN SHAMBLES. * SAME > NOW ITS MIDDLE EASTERM REGIMES FIGHTING AL-QAEDA, WHILE THE US TIES ITSELF UP IN KNOTS. THIS IS "ARAB UNITY" AS WE'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT WATCH OUT! ARTIC = "... The [MilPol/Geopol-agressive?] Ottoman Empire is back". As times warned or inferred before, the Globalists are playing a very dangerous or risky game, i.e. unilateral or intentional US pullout being interpreted by Amer's rivals or enemies as de facto strategic weakness on the part of the "sole", Pert + MSM-Net alleged already "weak/declining" Global Superpower the USA, inspriring the former to try and take over US Global leadership + position. [ANIMAL PLANET, DISCOVERY CHANNEL = "THE DESTINY OF A LION KING IS TO BE OVERTHROWN, BY HIS OWN OR BY OUTSIDERS" here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-01-08 20:49 |
| #3 Forget that, I want to know why they weren't prepared to defend it in the first place. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-01-08 20:04 |
| #2 I'll take b) for $100. |
| Posted by: Fred 2014-01-08 19:44 |
| #1 They fired on Ramadi and killed a lot more civilians than they did militants. Somebody likely figured that a) they'd anger a lot of Sunnis by shelling Fallujah and killing even more civilians (which might be what ISIS expected,) and b) they didn't want, or are not prepared, to invade that city. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-08 10:35 |