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2017-08-22 Iraq

Iraqi troops target Tal Afar, the last refuge

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Posted by Fred 2017-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 Then there's always those myriad other ISIS-held towns in western Anbar.

The ones we built the nice berms around in the last decade for protection against Al-Qaida folks and are now lovely little defendable zones (perhaps not from indirect fire, though).

Posted by Mullah Richard 2017-08-22 09:23|| 2017-08-22 09:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Hey Mullah, is a B-52 bomb load considered an indirect weapon?

Posted by AlanC 2017-08-22 10:26|| 2017-08-22 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah, is it like a left handed complaint?

Posted by Shipman 2017-08-22 11:11|| 2017-08-22 11:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Good luck, Iraqi dudes. I hope taking the town itself doesn't prove to be a Tal too Afar.
/looks around for Pappy

Posted by SteveS 2017-08-22 15:35|| 2017-08-22 15:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Yer room, Steve. Nao.

Posted by Pappy 2017-08-22 16:31|| 2017-08-22 16:31|| Front Page Top

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