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Iraq
Source: Iraqi security forces surround ISIS-held Ramadi
2015-11-10
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces have surrounded the occupied city of Ramadi, military sources said Monday

The source said the advance into the city had been slowed by landmines and explosive-rigged homes and vehicles, notably in eastern Ramadi.

"After the security forces managed to control Warayan military base, they advanced in eastern Ramadi. It is also reported that Ramadi glass factory was controlled by the security forces," the military source told Rudaw.

"After controlling Falastine dam and Jarayish roundabout the security forces manged to surround Ramadi, " the military source added.

The military source said security forces had bombarded the ISIS police office in Komari district, which led into the death of three members of the terrorist organization.

The military campaign to push ISIS out of Sunni-majority Anbar province was launched in early June.

In mid-July, the Iraqi defense ministry announced the resumption of an offensive against ISIS in Anbar province with a joint army, police and Shiite force of 10,000 fighters.

ISIS seized Ramadi on May 17, in what is considered one of the jihadists' most important victories, and has held most of Anbar, the largest province in Iraq, since last year.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  Ask the Rooshuns if they would like to give a demo of their TOS-1 MRL

They can mark every round with something like "This is for Sharm el Sheikh"
Posted by: badanov   2015-11-10 21:45  

#6  Let me redact my comments, instead of a dead cow or three thousand, how's about the US air drop several hundred dead and decaying hog carcasses on the place?

Aerial spray with pig fat? May we spray vegetable oil every where and TELL them its pig fat?
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2015-11-10 20:58  

#5  They got us surrounded, the poor bastards.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2015-11-10 19:31  

#4  This is a job for Pepe la Pew, Sgt. Maj. 1st Batallion du Gassiars.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-11-10 07:35  

#3  No #1 and #2, they should goose step in rows of 10 and present themselves as target practice. Then call the Iranians and Russians to do the same.
Posted by: jvalentour   2015-11-10 06:55  

#2  Use that trebuchet to drop a few tons of rotting chicken offal on them. If they don't gag to death they'll beg to be put out of their misery.
Posted by: gorb   2015-11-10 01:01  

#1  Starve them out.

Don't go in and die in a kill zone of their choosing. Bide your time and let them come to you, a few days without food and water and you can control the situation on your terms.

I wouldn't go into Ramadi on a bet. They've been preparing that hell hole as a vast kill zone for a year and it is a death trap. Better to do the old siege thing...maybe even use a trebucet to throw a dead cow or two or a couple of hundred pounds of manure into the place to give it seasoning. Maybe even take a few dead ISIS wienies and chuck them back at their buddies.
Posted by: Mystic   2015-11-10 00:17  

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