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2018-02-12 Iraq

Iran-backed Shiite militias used US Abrams tanks against Kurds in Iraq

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Posted by 3dc 2018-02-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 The PMF, which were fighting as part of the Iraqi security forces, had appropriated the tanks from ISIS in Tikrit in 2015 and in Mosul last year. ISIS had originally captured the armored vehicles from the Iraqi Army when it made its initial advances in Iraq.

According to the article, there was the threat that American funds would be withheld if the Iraqi government did not confiscate the tanks.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-02-12 11:18|| 2018-02-12 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Hard for me to believe that its as simple to operate as "forward, back, left, right, fire".

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-12 15:38|| 2018-02-12 15:38|| Front Page Top

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