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| Iraq |
| Iraq Butcher's Bill: 40 jihadists, 17 police and army |
| 2014-10-03 |
| 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 launched attacks on Iraqi bases in two western towns that left at least 17 members of the security forces and 40 jihadists dead, security and medical sources said Thursday. Seven coppers and four soldiers were killed in an attack on police headquarters in the Anbar provincial town of Heet, while at least six members of federal forces were killed in an assault on a major army base in Ramadi. In Heet, on the Euphrates River about 150 kilometres (95 miles) west of Baghdad, 25 gunnies attacked the police headquarters shortly after midnight. "They smashed the gates open with suicide boom-mobiles, then 25 men tried to break into the HQ, sparking heavy festivities," Colonel Jabbar al-Nimrawi told AFP. "The police potted 20 of them and the remaining five withdrew to the electricity building. They are still under siege; they have sniper rifles. Nimrawi said the building was surrounded by police, army, elite counter-terrorism troops and anti-jihadist Sunni tribal forces. Heet hospital's Doctor Nael Ahmed said seven coppers and four soldiers had been killed. Just outside Ramadi, less than 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Baghdad and further down the Euphrates, a similar suicide unit attacked the 8th Brigade headquarters Wednesday. "They attacked from three directions. They used suicide armoured vehicles to break into the compound, then 13 fighters with boom jackets entered," said senior army officer Awad al-Dulaimi. "We killed the last one at 5:00 am (0200 GMT) after fierce exchanges. We also killed seven who had come from another direction," he said. A doctor at Ramadi hospital, Ahmed al-Ani, confirmed that he had received the bodies of three members of the counter-terrorism force, including a colonel, and three soldiers. Some of the last pockets still under government control in the Sunni province of Anbar are in Heet and Ramadi. The government also retains control of Haditha dam, further up the Euphrates towards Syria. US warplanes have struck IS forces around the dam several times. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 Almost 2.5 to 1 in favor of the security forces. I wonder how long it will take to solve their ISIS problem? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-10-03 15:21 |