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| Iraq |
| EXCLUSIVE: ISIS launches major offensive south of Kirkuk |
| 2015-07-07 |
| [Rudaw] Hundreds of 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.... murderous Moslems launched several attacks on Peshmerga-controlled villages in the south of Kirkuk province Monday morning. Peshmerga forces claim to have foiled and beaten back the attacks. Rudaw video from today's battles shows an intense gunfire exchange between Peshmerga and ISIS Death Eaters. A Peshmerga officer who spoke to Rudaw said ISIS was defeated and did not capture any territory in the battles. "More than 600 ISIS fighters launched an attack on Talwra, Big Homeyra, Small Homeyra, Al-Murra and Shahid villages, but they were defeated by the Peshmerga," said a Peshmerga officer who gave his name only as Rasul. Rasul said the Kurdish forces with the aid of US-led Kurdish estimates indicated that more than 100 ISIS fighters have been killed and injured in Monday's battles. ISIS forces attempted to take control of the Syryani oil refinery in southeastern Kirkuk, ... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time... but the Peshmerga were able to destroy two ISIS Humvees and defend the cluster of villages around the refinery. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Offensives are easily if you have a lot of cannon fodder that you know won't be needing any log support shortly thereafter. Cuts a lot of log tail from 'formal' organizations. Spread enough around, you'll find weak spots to exploit. Less trained fighters won't laager up but panic and run if you appear on their supply route. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-07-07 08:57 |